On 08/13/2010 02:15 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> On 08/12/2010 03:32 PM, Mikkel wrote: >> >>> On 08/12/2010 05:26 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 08/12/2010 03:09 PM, JD wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 08/12/2010 02:10 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Perhaps I am assuming wrong, but it appears that bash-completion >>>>>> is not working for local files in the gnome-terminal? >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, I know there is a file in my desktop called "ListAvailable" >>>>>> so I tried this: >>>>>> >>>>>> # yum list available> List<tab> >>>>>> >>>>>> and bash completion refuses to locate the local file and to expand it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is this expected? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> In your .bashrc >>>>> >>>>> set complete-file ^I^I >>>>> (that's Control-I twice) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I tried it (logged out and back in) and it does not >>>> change anything. Same behaviour. >>>> >>>> It is interesting there are different behaviours: >>>> >>>> # L<Tab> >>>> LabPlot LibraryLocal >>>> # cd Desk<Tab> (expanded to Desktop, so it worked) >>>> # L<Tab> >>>> LabPlot LibraryLocal >>>> # List<Tab> (Beeps everytime a Tab is hit, but no list is given) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Dumb question - is there a file List or List<something> in the >>> current directory? From what you describe, it does not sound like >>> there is... >>> >>> As for running "List<Tab>", do you have a command List or >>> List<something> in your path? >>> >>> Mikkel >>> >>> >> Yes, in the original post, I said that there is a ListAvailable file in >> the Desktop >> directory, so bash-completion does not find any matching file there. It >> seems >> that bash-completion does not work on local files that are known to be >> there, >> and I tried it on links, and directories (except for "Desktop" which it >> did expand) >> UNLESS it is prefixed with certain commands in front of it, such as: >> >> # cd ~/Desktop >> # ls List<Tab> >> ListAvailable >> >> So it worked. >> >> But these fails: >> # List<Tab> >> # ./List<Tab> >> # yum list available > List<Tab> >> > The first one fails because you don't have the current directory in your PATH > (and shouldn't, it's vastly safer to type "./" when you mean it). > > The second fails because the file isn't executable, so it's not a command. > > The third fails because ListAvailable is not a normal writable file (I don't > have a guess what it is, though). Enter "ls -ld List*" and it will (probably) > tell you something useful. > ListAvailable is a writable text file: $ ls -ld List* -rw-rw-r--. 1 <ME> <ME> 920208 2010-08-12 14:00 ListAvailable > If you are expecting files in the "Desktop" directory to be commands, that's not > normally the case. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
