Re: Alternative to \copy in psql modelled after \g

	David G. Johnston wrote:

> Do I understand correctly that you are proposing a slightly less
> verbose alternative of:
> 
> \o :filename
> COPY TO STDOUT
> \o

Not strictly the same because of this:

\o or \out [ filename ]
....
  “Query results” includes all tables, command responses, and notices
  obtained from the database server, as well as output of various
  backslash commands that query the database (such as \d); but not
  error messages.

If for instance psql received a notification between the two \o it would
end up in the file, which it wouldn't with \copyto.
The same is true for  SELECT... \g file as opposed to \o file

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