As far as I can tell, the file argument for \w is required;
this contradicts what \? says for it (namely that it's optional).
A patch follows to fix this if it really is an error and not my
misunderstanding.
Zach Irmen
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/psql/help.c,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -c -r1.84 help.c
*** help.c 1 Dec 2003 22:34:48 -0000 1.84
--- help.c 8 Jan 2004 03:02:10 -0000
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*** 195,201 ****
fprintf(output, _(" \\p show the contents of the query
buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\s [FILE] display history or save it to file\n"));
! fprintf(output, _(" \\w [FILE] write query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(output, "\n");
fprintf(output, _("Input/Output\n"));
--- 195,201 ----
fprintf(output, _(" \\p show the contents of the query
buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\s [FILE] display history or save it to file\n"));
! fprintf(output, _(" \\w FILE write query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(output, "\n");
fprintf(output, _("Input/Output\n"));
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