Hello, it isn't `ctags`(http://ctags.sourceforge.net/), this in fact is `etags`. etags not have `-R` option, if you want tags for all source code file, you can try like this command: find . -name '*.[c|h]' | etags - ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Roopa Mukherjee";; 发送时间: 2015年12月10日(星期四) 下午3:57 收件人: "lux"; 抄送: "22132"<22132@debbugs.gnu.org>; 主题: Re: 回复:bug#22132: ctags problem Hi team, Thanks for quick response.PFA screenshot of ctags version. Ctag version is GNU Emacs 21.4.15. Please let me know if you need any other information. Regards, Roopa Mukherjee On 10 Dec 2015 06:54, "lux" wrote: Where is the executing? I try executing ctags in M-x compile, it work. emacs 24.5.1 ctags 5.8 ------------------ 原始邮件 ------------------ 发件人: "Roopa Mukherjee";; 发送时间: 2015年12月9日(星期三) 下午3:37 收件人: "22132"<22132@debbugs.gnu.org>; 主题: bug#22132: ctags problem Hi team, I am getting following error when I execute "ctags -R":- mukherjee17@sc-003[/opt/soe/projects/sr_4k_10_1_x/mukherjee17/sr1] >ctags -R /opt/tools/unsupported/bin/ctags: no input files specified. Try `/opt/tools/unsupported/bin/ctags --help' for a complete list of options. mukherjee17@sc-003[/opt/soe/projects/sr_4k_10_1_x/mukherjee17/sr1] > Request you to please guide me to resolve this. Regards, Roopa Mukherjee