"Tauren Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've read the documentation for the psql commands as well as the createdb
> and dropdb commands.  It looks like there is no way to specify the password
> on the command line.  The password is always provided in the form of a stdin
> prompt.

Quite deliberately ... if passwords were provided on the command line,
then anyone else on your machine could read them off with 'ps'.

                        regards, tom lane

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