2010/3/7 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: >> 2010/3/7 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: >>> If we were going to support multiple -f options, it would be sensible >>> to interpret "-f -" as "read from stdin until EOF". > >> Right, that would work. Though it would be a lot more user-unfriendly >> for such a simple thing, IMHO. > > If the issue had come up even once before in psql's existence, I might > think that user-friendliness would be a good argument. As things stand, > I don't believe the average user will care about it in the least. I'd > be willing to lay long odds that the average user doesn't even have a > .psqlrc file, much less feel the need to override it. I'd rather see > "use a substitute psqlrc" be a behavior you can build out of existing > general-purpose switches than still another option that has to be > documented and remembered.
I've heard if a couple of times before, but I agree it's certainly not a much asked-for one. Most if it has been in off-list scenarios and people have probabliy just thought it's not a big enough feature to bother emailing about. >> Also, "-f -" and just "psql" behaves different today (for example, in >> the showing of startup banners). > > Yes, there would be some things to think about there, which is why it's > a topic for a new devel cycle rather than something to shoehorn in > after the close of the last CF. Fair enough. I expected it to be a small and noncontroversial thing, but since there are objections, I'll go revert it. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
