-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Configuration Information: Machine: i686 OS: cygwin Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' - -DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-cygwin' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' - -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL - -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -g -O2 uname output: CYGWIN_NT-5.1 LOUNGE 1.5.16(0.128/4/2) 2005-04-25 20:26 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin
Bash Version: 3.0 Patch Level: 16 Release Status: release Description: POSIX allows `ls -F' to use other characters for file types beyond directories, executables, fifos, and symlinks. I recently proposed changing coreutils by copying bash's use of '%' and '#' for character- and block-special files when .inputrc contains 'set visible-stats on'. But Paul Eggert pointed out that FreeBSD already uses '%' to indicate whiteouts on union mounts. Further discussion proposed using '^' for character-special files (since caret serves as a good mnemonic for character, and looks somewhat like a rotated 'c'). Read the thread at: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-05/msg00006.html Could you please change bash's indicator for character-special files to be unambiguous with whiteouts, and so that coreutils and bash can be consistent even on systems with union mounts and whiteout files? While you are at it, notice that the spacing of completion output is not as uniform as the spacing from `ls -F'. Repeat-By: $ cat ~/.inputrc set visible-stats on $ touch file $ touch exe $ chmod +x exe $ mknod -m 666 null c 1 3 $ mknod -m 666 scd0 b 11 0 $ mkfifo fifo $ mkdir dir $ ln -s dir link $ ls -F [TAB] dir/ exe* fifo| file link@ null% scd0# $ ls -F [RETURN] dir/ exe* fifo| file link@ null scd0 Note that the yet unreleased coreutils 5.3.1 will only include the patch to use '^' and '#' if it will match a future version of bash. Fix: - --- lib/readline/complete.c~ 2004-07-01 11:57:58.000000000 -0600 +++ lib/readline/complete.c 2005-05-19 21:11:13.729625000 -0600 @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ character = '/'; #if defined (S_ISCHR) else if (S_ISCHR (finfo.st_mode)) - - character = '%'; + character = '^'; #endif /* S_ISCHR */ #if defined (S_ISBLK) else if (S_ISBLK (finfo.st_mode)) - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCjVst84KuGfSFAYARAmG+AJ92NpTL067dPCcraJZa0/G9CdLhYQCgw4CA lY0bkn1m0o3f4h34jk0tjgQ= =LO0J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
