[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#703739: tar: completion with -df, -tf, and -xf don't support spaces in file name

[Aditya Vaidya]

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:1.3-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu raring ubuntu-patch

Forwarded from Launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019217):
If a file has a space in its name and either -df, -tf, or -xf are used on the file while the user is using tab completion, it fails to add an escape character, so 'tar' treats it as two separate files. Because of this, tab-completion can't properly be used with the options -cf, -df, or -tf with tar. This can be a very large problem for inexperienced users, as some won't know that escape characters are supposed to be used, if they even know what they are.

-df: lists the differences between archives
-tf: lists contents of archive
-xf: extracts archive

In Ubuntu Precise 12.04, the attached patch was used to achieve the following:


  * debian/patches/tar-spaces.patch: use escape characters with spaces
    for options -d, -t, and -x (LP: #1019217)


Thanks for considering the patch.


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