Tab key in busybox shell

Syed Irfan Ali Zaidi iali at ayesoft.com
Wed Nov 7 11:41:34 UTC 2007


It solved my problem
Thanks

> On Tuesday 06 November 2007 11:39, Syed Irfan Ali Zaidi wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have compiled a lattest version of busybox i-e 1.8.0. And when i
>> execute
>> it, it does not behave like a shell in the linux distribution.
>> In linux shell, when we want to execute a command, we write the starting
>> characters of the command and then use a tab key it either completes the
>> command or displays the commnads thats start with the same characters.
>> Then we choose from the output which command we want to use.
>> But in this compiled version of busybox, when i use tab key on the
>> shell,
>> it does'nt do the search instead it behavious like a normal tab key that
>> is it moves the cursor eight spaces ahead. Older versions of busybox had
>> this feature. To enable this, are there any options for this feature? or
>> Is this feature is not supported any more? What do i do?
>
> You need to select CONFIG_FEATURE_TAB_COMPLETION=y
> and maybe CONFIG_FEATURE_USERNAME_COMPLETION=y too.
> --
> vda
>


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