RE: [Ctags] Can't use .ctags file

[Saar M. <SAARMA@Amdocs.com>]

Hi,
Thank you, ok, got it,
I had to give a full path to the -f option

These 2 options didn't work
-f ~$USER/bin/vim61/ctags5.5/tags
-f ~saarma/bin/vim61/ctags5.5/tags

This one works
-f /sbusr13.n005/sbms/csm/saarma/bin/vim61/ctags-5.5/tags

maybe something for next version???



-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Hiebert [mailto:dhi...@us...]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:48 AM
To: Saar Machtinger
Cc: Ctags Users
Subject: Re: [Ctags] Can't use .ctags file


On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Saar Machtinger wrote:

> Just installed the new 5.5 ver.
> I have created the ~/.ctags file with:
> --append=3Dyes
> -f  ~saarma/bin/vim61/ctags-5.5/tags

First of all, it is not valid to use shell contructs that require
shell expansion, because the contents of this file are never passed
through the shell. The pathname "~saarma/..." is such a construct.
The '~' character is expanded by the shell when encountered on a
shell command line before it gets to ctags. Thus, ctags would report
an error with this path if it was able to procede beyond the error
below.

> But when trying to run ctags, I get the error:
> ctags: No files specified. Try "ctags --help".

What command line are you using to run ctags? It appears that you
have not supplied a list of one or more files for ctags to process.

P.S.:  You can verify ctags initialization (including the reading of
the ~/.ctags file) by suppling -V as the first argument on the
command line.

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Darren Hiebert
http://DarrenHiebert.com
http://ctags.sourceforge.net