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

最近在学习用vim，再利用ctags 建立tags 的时候出现问题

ctags -R .

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

类似这个问题可能你运行的ctags 不是  Exuberant Ctags, 而是 GNU Emacsetags, 

输入

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可以看到

   -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

另一种可能是

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