Re: Explicit psqlrc

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-03-05T13:39:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> 2010/3/5 David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>:
>> My bikeshed has a --psqlrc path/to/file, but +1 on the idea.

> Do you have a use-case where --psqlrc would be more useful than an
> environment variable, or is it *only* bike-shedding? ;)

The env variable solution seems a bit surprising to me.  If we were
dealing with a libpq option it would make sense (to avoid having to pass
the info through other layers) but for a psql option it doesn't AFAICS.

			regards, tom lane