Re: [PATCHES] psql \i handling ~ in specified file name

[Andrew Dunstan]

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
 

As I remember, MSDOS uses the "~" to specify short versions of long file
names.
     

I is not just msdos, it is cmd.exe which exists on (to my knowledge) all 
versions of windows. For example:
Program Files == progra~1
   

Yes, I meant it is a hold-over from dealing with MS-DOS style 8.3 file
names.
 

This pattern should not cause tilde expansion on any platform, I 
believe.  Only a *leading* ~/ or ~username/ should be expanded.

The normal "home" directory on a (modern) Windows machine is usually 
"C:\Documents and Settings\username", IIRC.

cheers

andrew

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