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Subject: Re: sftp and tab completion
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"Dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes:
>    I've got a simple question. Does sftp, the one that comes with
> FreeBSD 6.2's openssh, do tab completion? I've read that it could, but
> it isn't working here. I've got bash3 set up as my shell which seemed
> to matter. Also, when hitting a backspace in sftp i get a ^h and the
> command is invalidated as a result.

The last point is probably a terminal issue rather than shell.
Whether tab completion is supported at all is something I'd
never considered before, but I see some indications that it 
might require specific configuration at build time...