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Re: [ramk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Bug#359992: zsh: Enable use of IP addresses and multiple host files in _hosts]
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- From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
- To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx, 359992-forwarded@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [ramk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Bug#359992: zsh: Enable use of IP addresses and multiple host files in _hosts]
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:55:34 +0100
Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "R.Ramkumar" <ramk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The current _hosts completion does not use IP addresses, and
> completes using host names alone. This patch optionally enables the
> inclusion of IP addresses by a boolean style (the default behaviour
> is unchanged). Further, currently only ~/.ssh/known_hosts file is
> read. Added /etc/ssh/known_hosts to this list, if present. Further,
> observing that any plain list of hostnames would anyway be
> parseable, and that ~"`id -nu`"/.ssh/known_hosts and not
> ~/.ssh/known_hosts might be readable under sudo environments, made
> the list of known host files customizable (defaulting to the two
> files initially specified). Here is the patch:
I'll commit this with the following documentation.
Index: Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.186
diff -u -r1.186 compsys.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo 20 Mar 2006 11:06:24 -0000 1.186
+++ Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo 5 Apr 2006 09:52:52 -0000
@@ -1665,6 +1665,13 @@
that unlike the tt(ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT) option this is independent of the
numeric prefix argument.
)
+kindex(known-hosts-files)
+item(tt(known-hosts-files))(
+This style should contain a list of files to search for host names and
+(if the tt(use-ip) style is set) IP addresses in a format compatible with
+ssh tt(known_hosts) files. If it is not set, the files
+tt(/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts) and tt(~/.ssh/known_hosts) are used.
+)
kindex(list, completion style)
item(tt(list))(
This style is used by the tt(_history_complete_word) bindable command.
@@ -2498,6 +2505,16 @@
However, the tt(compctl) version will be tried if tt(foo) only uses
default completion.
)
+kindex(use-ip, completion style)
+item(tt(use-ip))(
+By default, the function tt(_hosts) that completes host names strips
+IP addresses from entries read from host databases such as NIS and
+ssh files. If this style is true, the corresponding IP addresses
+can be completed as well. This style is not use in any context
+where the tt(hosts) style is set; note also it must be set before
+the cache of host names is generated (typically the first completion
+attempt).
+)
kindex(use-perl, completion style)
item(tt(use-perl))(
Various parts of the function system use awk to extract words from
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