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Re: Can't complete path with hidden .zfs?

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:02:20AM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> On Thu, 18 May 2017 11:44:52 +0800
> lilydjwg <lilydjwg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > When I try to complete path like /zpool/.zfs/snap<Tab> or further, zsh
> > shows there are "No Matches Found" even there actually are.
> > 
> > The .zfs directory is special in zfs: it doesn't appear in "ls" but if you
> > access it, it is there. But zsh doesn't complete any path beneath it.
> 
> Try:
> 
> zstyle ':completion:*' accept-exact-dirs true
> 
> The trade off is in path completion:
> 
>   ls /usr/l/bin/<TAB>
> 
> will usually allow "l" to complete to "local".  With the setting above,
> it won't do that if the directory "l" already exists, it'll just blindly
> accept it.  I happen to prefer it that way anyway.

It works, thanks!

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Best regards,
lilydjwg
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