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Re: Filename Completion on DECstation 3100

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From: Brian V. Smith
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1989 19:00
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In article <15804@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, mark@isis.berkeley.edu (mark kraitchman) writes:
< 
< On a DECstation 3100 running Ultrix Workstation V2.0 (Rev. 7), when I
< set filec in the cshell, typing the escape key does not complete the
< filename.  How come?
< 

That's because /bin/csh from DEC doesn't have the file completion feature.
You have to use /usr/new/csh, which *IS NOT SUPPORTED BY DEC*

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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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