Hooking into tab completion in C

Question

Is there anyway that I can hook into the tab completion for bash from a C or C++ progra, specifically for arguments.

For example if I wanted to do ./myprogram stTAB it would complete to start.

I wasn't sure if this was something I can hook into during compile and put in like the metadata or if its a bash call/script that I have to make to register the tab completions with bash.

Answer 1

It is indeed possible to customize completion in bash, although it's not something a program can do for itself. Here is the start of a two-part article that explains what you need to know.