Re: Bug in rl_filename_completion_function (with patch!)

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/25/22 3:51 AM, Stefan H. Holek wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There is an issue that has been bothering me for quite some time now, and that
> I finally got to the bottom of. It concerns the dirname passed to opendir in
> rl_filename_completion_function (complete.c).
>
> If the dirname requires tilde expansion it is expanded, and if it requires
> dequoting it is dequoted. However, if a dirname requires BOTH tilde expansion
> AND dequoting (e.g.: ~stefan/funny\ dir/) only the former is performed and
> filename completion fails as a result.

This can be handled by rl_directory_rewrite_hook or
rl_directory_completion_hook -- that's why it works in bash -- but I agree
with your change if the calling application doesn't supply either.

Chet

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