Re: minor: ~ not resolved in psql

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Bas Scheffers <bas@scheffers.net>, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-10-30T18:24:50Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
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.

If I am in psql and do:

	\i ~/<tab>

I see all the files in home directory.  If I then type in a file name:

	test=> \i ~/server.log
	~/server.log: No such file or directory

I get file not found.  Sure looks like a bug to me.

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