Bruce Momjian schrob: > I noticed your documentation example had a space before :DBNAME --- I > removed the space.
This space is necessary for proper expansion of the parameter. The \set-Command concatenates all its arguments after expansion: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- scratch=# \set HISTFILE .psql_history-:DBNAME scratch=# \echo :HISTFILE .psql_history-:DBNAME scratch=# \set HISTFILE .psql_history- :DBNAME scratch=# \echo :HISTFILE .psql_history-scratch scratch=# --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > You had the idea of not saving the history on exit if HISTFILE is not > set. I don't think we have community agreement on that change, and I > bet we wouldn't get it. (I have removed your documentation mention of > this.) I think setting HISTSIZE to zero has that effect already if > people want it. I went for bash's behaviour back then, since we copied bash's semantics with the other history options too. Thanks! Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
