Re: gnats/400: query-pr "printf string" format functionality does not behave as expected

[Yngve Svendsen]

At Sun Jul 21 23:43:51 -0400 2002, Duncan Lindley wrote:
> Documentation is thin..
> this is a normal query
> bash-2.05a$ query-pr --format summary -d gnats-sandpit 
> --state="open|analyzed|feedback|suspended|moderate|test" --category=test-1
> 2 gnats-ad test-1 open non-criti low computersh index broke
> 5 Duncan_L test-1 open non-criti low computersh my adsl router arrived
> 7 gnats-ad test-1 open critical high computersh Attaching a bmp
>
> This is how i read the docco.. mabye i am wrong
> bash-2.05a$ query-pr --format "%s %s %s" State Originator Responsible -d 
> gnats-sandpit --state="open|analyzed|feedback|suspended|moderate|test" 
> --category=test-1
> query-pr: Invalid field name or query format %s
>
> and this seems to work but doesnt return results
> bash-2.05a$ query-pr --format Responsible "%F" -d gnats-sandpit 
> --state="open|analyzed|feedback|suspended|moderate|test" --category=test-1
> query-pr: no PRs matched

Ouch. The docs are wrong. The whole format expression needs to be quoted, 
like this:

query-pr --format '"%s %s %s" State Originator Responsible'



Yngve Svendsen