ctags: skipping ***: it is not a regular file.

最近在學習用vim，再利用ctags 創建tags 的時候出現問題

ctags -R .

ctags: skipping ***: it is not a regular file.

 

相似這個問題可能你運行的ctags 不是  Exuberant Ctags, 而是 GNU Emacsetags, 

輸入

ctags --version 

 

ctags (GNU Emacs 23.1)
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is distributed under the terms in ETAGS.README

 

man ctags能夠看到

-R, --no-regex
          Don't  do  any more regexp matching on the following files.  May
          be freely intermixed with filenames and the --regex option.

You could probably generate the tags recursively using shell magic, but you may run into problems down the road if you're expecting Exuberant Ctags. So the best solution is probably to install the ctags you want instead:

sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags

另外一種多是

 

It occurs if you have elvis-tools installed . remove them with something like

sudo apt-get remove elvis-tools

and then install exuberant-ctags by

sudo apt-get install exuberant-ctags