gnome-terminal is sometimes not adding trailing slash when [Tab] used

[Tomasz Nurkiewicz]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

Steps to reproduce :

$ mkdir test && cd test
$ mkdir target
$ ln -s target backup
$ ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tomasz tomasz 6 2011-06-03 14:22 backup -> target/
drwxr-xr-x 2 tomasz tomasz 4096 2011-06-03 14:22 target/

Now try:

$ cd ta
$ cd ba

Pressing [Tab] expands "ta" to "target/", while "ba" is only expanded to "backup" (notice no trailing slash). Although it's consistent with ls output, it is a bit counterintuitive, as logically both "target" and "backup" are accessible directories.

What's even more interesting, pressing [Tab] again when "ba" is already expanded to "backup" will add the trailing slash ("backup/"). Also I noticed xterm behaves exactly the same, so the reason must be somewhere deeper.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 3 14:17:01 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl_PL:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[[e-mail] (odslabs)]

I too am experiencing this bug with symbolically linked directories.

[Marius Gedminas (mgedmin)]

Tab-completion is implemented by your shell (bash, most likely), not by gnome-terminal.