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Re: Is my home $HOME or is it getpwent()->pw_dir ?

Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>

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From: Chapman Flack <chap@anastigmatix.net>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-12-18T21:21:16Z
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On 12/18/21 16:16, David G. Johnston wrote:
> psql docs saith:
> 
> "This utility, like most other PostgreSQL utilities, also uses the
> environment variables supported by libpq (see Section 34.15)."

I'm sure that's adequate as far as that goes. I just happened to miss it
when composing the longer email (and then I just thought "I bet there are
environment variables supported by libpq" and looked there).

Regards,
-Chap

Commits

  1. Clean up messy API for src/port/thread.c.

  2. Prefer $HOME when looking up the current user's home directory.