Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bbn!bbn.com!rsalz From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: comments on file-completions Message-ID: <1919@prune.bbn.com> Date: 3 Aug 89 19:57:49 GMT References: Distribution: gnu Organization: BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation Lines: 10 >I think that filename completion could be enhanced by ... > 2. Information about file types displayed by special characters. (*@/) Ouch. This can be real expensive; just doing name-printing means a simple reading of the directory; finding the type of each item in the directory means a gazillion stat(2) calls. /r$ -- Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net. Use a domain-based address or give alternate paths, or you may lose out.