Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i486
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2
uname output: Linux esau 2.6.17.9 #1 PREEMPT Mon Aug 21 13:42:56 EDT 2006 i586
GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.1
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release
Description:
According to the manpage, "complete -p" output should be
useable at the command line to recreate the same completion.
However, if you have a completion using -C where -C is
a command with an argument, the complete -p output is
incorrect.
Repeat-By:
Imagine you have a local command called 'foo'. Imagine
that the legal arguments to foo can be determined by
running another local command '/usr/local/bin/fooinfo -l'.
(The '-l' option is necessary to get fooinfo to only list
the available options, one at a time)
Now, one reasonable completion entry would be:
complete -C '/usr/local/bin/fooinfo -l' -X\!\&\* foo
And this works. Unfortunately, "complete -p" prints this
as:
complete -X '!&*' -C /usr/local/bin/fooinfo -l foo
That is, no quotes around the argument to -C. This means
that the output of 'complete -p' cannot in this case be typed
back in at the command line, or directed into a file to
be sourced by future sessions.
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