`dash-docs-search` fails with `cannot open "''"`

[flexibeast]

Context: Gentoo, Emacs 28.3, dash-docs-20210830.926, sqlite3 version 3.41.2 2023-03-22

dash-docs-search fails with the error cannot open "''" unless the dash-docs-sql function is modified such that the line:

"-list" "-init" "''" db-path sql)

is replaced by

"-list" db-path sql)

[Ramblurr]

Same here for me!

Nixos unstable, emacs 29.4, sqlite3 3.46.1 2024-08-13

[IceAsteroid]

Modifying the original code with the one provided by @flexibeast fixed the problem, thank you so much!

Surprisingly that this issue is still not responded.

[flexibeast]

In the output you quoted, -init is present, it's just that for some reason it's not in the appropriate position re. alphabetical order:

-deserialize         open the database using sqlite3_deserialize()
-echo                print inputs before execution
-init FILENAME       read/process named file
-[no]header          turn headers on or off
-help                show this message

[johnhamelink]

In the output you quoted, -init is present, it's just that for some reason it's not in the appropriate position re. alphabetical order:

-deserialize         open the database using sqlite3_deserialize()
-echo                print inputs before execution
-init FILENAME       read/process named file
-[no]header          turn headers on or off
-help                show this message

Oops! Now I feel silly 🤪 apologies for the noise

[flexibeast]

That's okay! i didn't notice it myself until i grepped the code base for the string -init and looked at the matches in shell.c.in. 🙂