[Bash-completion-devel] [bash-completion-Bugs][311395] DBTS 503691: does not complete files and directories as arguments

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Bugs item #311395, was opened at 30/01/2009 09:51
Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: David Paleino (hanska-guest)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: DBTS 503691: does not complete files and directories as arguments 
Distribution: None
Originally reported in: Debian BTS
Original bug number: 503691


Initial Comment:
Hi David,

as discussed in Palermo, here my bug report. It makes me crazy that so
many programs taking files or directories as arguments cannot be
completed.

Example:
	cowbuilder --create --distribution etch --basepath /var/cache/pbu<TAB>
does NOT complete to /var/cache/pbuilder/, although the directory is
there.

Same with our TeX packing scripts:
	perl tpm2deb-source.pl make-orig-tar --master=/src/TeX/Mas<TAB>
or
	perl tpm2deb-source.pl make-orig-tar --master /src/TeX/Mas<TAB>
in both cases it never completes to /src/TeX/Master-2007.0 which is
there.

I assume that in lack of any information, in former times bash
completion did path name completion, but now it does nothing. That is
not good. 


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