Re: [gentoo-dev] latest and greatest gentoo.completion

[Zach Forrest]

It is what you think it is. You simply have to place the file in /etc 
(or anywhere else really, but /etc is the best place) and add the 
following to your .bashrc script. You will most likely want to add it to 
  the root user's .bashrc script as well. The test for the $PS1 
environment variable makes sure that we're running interactively and the 
second test makes sure the file exists.

if [ "$PS1" ] && [ -e /etc/gentoo.completion ]; then
     # Source completion code
     . /etc/gentoo.completion
fi

You could also add the following to /etc/profile instead of the .bashrc 
scripts to make it available to all users (it's really a matter of 
preference). The test for $BASH_VERSION makes sure that the completion 
code is only sourced for users using the bash shell (i.e. if they are 
using csh the code won't work and errors will be generated).

if [ "$BASH_VERSION" ] && [ "$PS1" ] && [ -e /etc/gentoo.completion ]
then
     # Source completion code
     . /etc/gentoo.completion
fi

Hope this helps.

Zach



Thilo Bangert wrote:
> On Wednesday, 13. March 2002 02:05, you wrote:
>
>>I've made some significant changes incorporating the latest available
>>options and making the completion more intelligent. Enjoy!
>>
>>Zach
>
>
> is this what i think it is and for bash? or is it for some weird shell
> ;-)
>
> how does a newbie like me get that to work?
>