From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Bas Scheffers <bas(at)scheffers(dot)net>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: minor: ~ not resolved in psql |
Date: | 2003-11-09 04:23:44 |
Message-ID: | 200311090423.hA94Nit25977@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> Bas Scheffers writes:
> >>> When opening a file in psql, ~ (the user's home dir) is resolved when
> >>> using tab completion to find the file, but when you hit enter and psql
> >>> actualy tries to open it, you get a file not found error.
> >>
> >> This is not a bug. If there is not file named ~ then it can't be opened.
>
> > Sure looks like a bug to me.
>
> I think so too. If tab completion can find the file then we ought to be
> willing to open it. Changing tab completion to not find the file would
> be okay too, or at least consistent. It's the inconsistency that leads
> me to call it a bug.
Added to TODO:
* Have psql '\i ~/<tab><tab>' actually load files it displays
from home dir
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