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| author | ianmacd <> | 2002-02-25 22:02:41 +0000 |
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| committer | ianmacd <> | 2002-02-25 22:02:41 +0000 |
| commit | 6fecbb751cf72e1b4a1c4c9fc60a2ac0b99d326a (patch) | |
| tree | b07914f7dbf2956629ac8b86ae80cb8480e8d650 /README | |
| parent | 8311c8438da4ae78574396a7c4eedaf47c51c53d (diff) | |
| download | bash-completion-6fecbb751cf72e1b4a1c4c9fc60a2ac0b99d326a.tar.gz | |
- added section to KNOWN PROBLEMS about have() only checking for commands
in $PATH, so that sudo completion ccan't perform subcompletion for commands
in /sbin and other such directories
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.4 2002/02/25 06:54:16 ianmacd Exp $ +$Id: README,v 1.5 2002/02/25 23:02:41 ianmacd Exp $ INSTALLATION @@ -87,5 +87,19 @@ I have endeavoured to trap as many instances of this in the code as possible, but it is highly likely that others remain. If you receive compgen errors while attempting completion, please report these incidents to me. +III. + +The have() function is used to conserve memory by only installing completion +functions for binaries actually present on your system. The current method of +determining whether or not a binary is present is whether or not it is in your +$PATH. + +This approach has the disadvantage that sudo completion will not be able to +perform sub-completion on, say, ifconfig if /sbin is not in your path, which, +as an unprivileged user, it typically isn't. + +The work-around for this is to put all directories of binaries for which you +require completion into your $PATH variable. + -- Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org> |