On Sat 25 Feb 2006 at 21:21:01 -0300, you wrote: > El dom, 26-02-2006 a las 01:16 +0100, Ian Macdonald escribió: > > On Mon 05 Sep 2005 at 14:21:56 +0200, you wrote: > > > > > Trying to complete on "sudo invoke-rc.d" causes the following error > > > messages to be displayed: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo invoke-rc.d basename: too few arguments > > > Try `basename --help' for more information. > > > bash: [: ==: unary operator expected > > > basename: too few arguments > > > Try `basename --help' for more information. > > > bash: [: ==: unary operator expected > > > > > > Plainly completing on invoke-rc.d doesn't cause this problem, same for > > > sudo with other commands (xine, ls, synaptic, etc.). > > > > I can't reproduce this here. sudo's completion function doesn't even use > > basename. In fact, none of the completion functions do. > > I see... I'm not familiar with the completion system. Any ideas on how > to start debugging this will be very appreciated.
Try 'set -x' before attempting the tab completion. The output should make reasonably clear where the call to basename is coming from. Ian -- Ian Macdonald | <Overfiend> we're calling 2.2 POTATO?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.caliban.org/ | | |