Tab completion on find file with (C-x C-f) adds a slash to end of file

Tab completion on find file with (C-x C-f) adds a slash to end of file

[Anne Summers]

Hello,

When I try to open a file with  (C-x C-f) and try to complete name file
with tab a / is added at the end of the file like it does for directory.
For example if I want to open .bash_profile and I do (C-x C-f) then type
.bash_pr the completions I get is: Find file: ~/.bash_profile/

I am not sure how or why that / is being added. I can't recall seeing this
behavior before.I see similar behavior on eshell. I see this with and
without my .emacs file.

I am running on AIX and I don't see this in other architectures.
GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, powerpc-ibm-aix6.1.9.0)
 of 2019-04-23
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Thanks for any pointers
Anne S

Re: Tab completion on find file with (C-x C-f) adds a slash to end of file

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Anne Summers <ukulanne@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:53:25 -0500
> 
> When I try to open a file with  (C-x C-f) and try to complete name file
> with tab a / is added at the end of the file like it does for directory.
> For example if I want to open .bash_profile and I do (C-x C-f) then type
> .bash_pr the completions I get is: Find file: ~/.bash_profile/
> 
> I am not sure how or why that / is being added. I can't recall seeing this
> behavior before.I see similar behavior on eshell. I see this with and
> without my .emacs file.
> 
> I am running on AIX and I don't see this in other architectures.
> GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, powerpc-ibm-aix6.1.9.0)
>  of 2019-04-23
> Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers

Look at dired.c:file_name_completion_dirp -- crystal ball says on your
system it tells Emacs that a file is actually a directory.  Perhaps
the way faccessat works on your system is to blame.