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Re: Getting rid of regression test input/ and output/ files

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2021-12-20T15:09:25Z
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On 19.12.21 00:53, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I was a bit surprised to realize that we didn't have any way
>> to do that already --- psql has \setenv, so why did we never
>> invent \getenv?

> You can do
> \set foo `echo $ENVVAR`
> but that's probably not portable enough for your purpose.

I suppose that wouldn't work on Windows, so no.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Merge dblink's paths test script into its main test.

  2. Remove dynamic translation of regression test scripts, step 2.

  3. Remove dynamic translation of regression test scripts, step 1.

  4. Add a \getenv command to psql.