Re: minor: ~ not resolved in psql

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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