database/postgres
1
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git synced 2025-07-28 23:42:10 +03:00
Code Activity

Provide environment overrides for psql file locations.

Browse Source 
PSQL_HISTORY provides an alternative for the command history file,
and PSQLRC provides an alternative location for the .psqlrc file.
This commit is contained in:
Andrew Dunstan
2012-03-03 16:39:26 -05:00
parent b59ca98209
commit 34c978442c
3 changed files with 48 additions and 1 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

30
doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
View File

@ -3340,6 +3340,26 @@ PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG='--line '
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>PSQL_HISTORY</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Alternative location for the command history file. Tilde ("~") expansion is performed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>PSQLRC</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Alternative location of the user's .psqlrc file. Tilde ("~") expansion is performed.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>SHELL</envar></term>
@ -3390,6 +3410,11 @@ PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG='--line '
to set up the client or the server to taste (using the <command>\set
</command> and <command>SET</command> commands).
</para>
<para>
The location of the user's <filename>~/.psqlrc</filename> file can
also be set explicitly via the <envar>PSQLRC</envar> environment
setting.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -3411,6 +3436,11 @@ PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG='--line '
<filename>~/.psql_history</filename>, or
<filename>%APPDATA%\postgresql\psql_history</filename> on Windows.
</para>
<para>
The location of the history file can
also be set explicitly via the <envar>PSQL_HISTORY</envar> environment
setting.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsect1>