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Re: chpwd() and completions functions

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: chpwd() and completions functions
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:51:29 +0100
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Peter Stephenson wrote:
> The completion system closes stdin so that normal output doesn't
> go to the terminal.

Obviously that's garbled and I meant "...input doesn't come from...".
I think the intention is to prevent any possibility of a hang waiting
for input from a command:  in this case an error is preferable.

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References:
- chpwd() and completions functions
  - From: Tobias Gruetzmacher
- Re: chpwd() and completions functions
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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