X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=UpyO9Vb /1UX5YXzUw/xztUM23PjnYFU+uu9r5FN2hqfDnOBZD4RYbcrA6M9P4PWHsEfRFHm B/DAQIniTdmEaIvYa0s6gAGnV/50Rh4m83HkrQWMc+mLGA9Hdt3GV1e3je27zlRK cOtQWdEWNS2sArLiS5qiGPsKott2LePMtN9o= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; s=default; bh=MLbaoF4oYW9B9 dJI3gAtaWTwZp8=; b=g4yNpPSbxwP0FQSh56F2Q1idSsMSCq7CyCzWZ6nt8kGzi 9qRvQ3ORxgqnjFTVDsSTNX+lJwTpcKNiIP9TD5CYxcOtvj927sQFwdGyv4eXtVFJ 7a+MP9HaOV0ZTpPIQwWoA5d8xLseTMOieQApJ84trthHD2zryAd9dJlPLzay4I= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-pd0-f174.google.com X-Received: by 10.68.200.74 with SMTP id jq10mr8646659pbc.144.1411065783777; Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:43:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20140918000242.GA17489@phoenix> References: <20140918000242 DOT GA17489 AT phoenix> From: David Boyce Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 11:42:43 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: No file name completion for file names start with underscore To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes > The path argument to find must be a directory. Sorry, but I can't let this go by. The statement above is incorrect, as a simple test like "find /etc/passwd -print" would show. David On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2014-09-17, Paul.Domaskis wrote: >> writes: >> > writes: >> >> I'm using the following 64-bit packages: >> >> >> >> cygwin 1.7.28-2 bash-completion 1.3-1 >> >> >> >> If I am in a folder that contains file _vimrc and directory >> >> _vimfiles, filename completion doesn't respond. I type "ls _" or >> >> "ls _v" and press tab -- nothing happens. I can't really do >> >> anything about it because it took months to approve the use of >> >> cygwin install CDs made near the beginning of the year, but I was >> >> wondering the problem is reproducible by others? >> > >> > Oops, my bad. The phrase "file _vimrc and directory _vimfiles" should >> > read "files _vimrc and _viminfo". The directory is actually >> > "vimfiles" and has no underscore. >> >> I'm not sure if this is a false alarm, but I have another error in my >> original post, due to my haste in cobbling together an arbitrary >> example. In actuality, completion does not fail for "ls _v". It >> fails for "find _v". But it works for other commands like ls and >> find. Again, lack of completion fails only when trying to specify >> filenames starting with underscore as arguments to the find command. > > File names or directory names? The path argument to find must be a > directory, so the bash-completion function for find completes only > directory names when it is expecting the path argument. Bash alone, > without the bash-completion package, doesn't know anything about > find's arguments and will complete file names, too. > > The ls command, on the other hand, can be used to list files or > directories so the ls bash-completion function expands both. > > Regards, > Gary > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple