Hi Chet, thanks for the swift reply!
On 11.08.2011 15:54, Chet Ramey wrote: > I suspect that you have a completion defined for `ls' and it's running a > command or process substitution that's causing the mail check. Can you > run `set -x', then attempt the completion again and post the results? Yes, there is a completion function for ls coming from the _longopt function from the bash-completion project at debian: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=bash-completion/bash-completion.git;a=blob;f=bash_completion;h=66019379fe1e9ef9b1010bff53a0dc1baf4e73d9;hb=7c81ef895455d0f7543c65789ff62808e7465578#l1540 With -x enabled, I see several subprocess lines, i.e. lines indented by two + instead of one. Some triggered by eval, others by $(...). I wonder why this breaks things. After all, those subshells should never print a prompt, should never even look for interactive input. But I take it you've got your reasons to suspect them. Can this be fixed? Greetings, Martin
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