Changeset: 26966ab0abac for MonetDB URL: http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB?cmd=changeset;node=26966ab0abac Modified Files: clients/mapiclient/mclient.1 clients/mapiclient/msqldump.1 Branch: Jul2015 Log Message:
Add a blurb about .monetdb to msqldump's manual. diffs (47 lines): diff --git a/clients/mapiclient/mclient.1 b/clients/mapiclient/mclient.1 --- a/clients/mapiclient/mclient.1 +++ b/clients/mapiclient/mclient.1 @@ -451,4 +451,3 @@ for more information about the COPY INTO .SH SEE ALSO .IR msqldump (1), .IR mserver5 (1) - diff --git a/clients/mapiclient/msqldump.1 b/clients/mapiclient/msqldump.1 --- a/clients/mapiclient/msqldump.1 +++ b/clients/mapiclient/msqldump.1 @@ -17,6 +17,30 @@ accelerators, SQL- and XML- frontends. .I Msqldump is the program to dump an MonetDB/SQL database. The dump can be used to populate a new MonetDB/SQL database. +.PP +Before +.I msqldump +starts parsing command line options, it reads a +.I .monetdb +file. +If the environment variable +.B DOTMONETDBFILE +is set, it reads the file pointed to by that variable instead. +When unset, +.I msqldump +searches for a +.I .monetdb +file in the current working directory, and if that doesn't exist, in the +current user's home directory. +This file can contain defaults for the flags +.BR user +and +.BR password . +To disable reading the +.I .monetdb +file, set the variable +.B DOTMONETDBFILE +to the empty string in the environment. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-\-help\fP (\fB\-?\fP) @@ -64,4 +88,3 @@ and the server. .SH SEE ALSO .IR mclient (1), .IR mserver5 (1) - _______________________________________________ checkin-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/checkin-list
