Re: alternate psql file locations
Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>
From: Aidan Van Dyk <aidan@highrise.ca>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-12-31T21:26:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote: > > Excerpts from Andrew Dunstan's message of sáb dic 31 12:52:02 -0300 2011: >> It's not a big thing, but I just found myself in a shared environment >> wanting to be able to set alternative locations for the psql startup >> file and history. I know there's the HISTFILE variable, but I can't >> easily set that automatically unless I can at least have my own .psqlrc. >> ISTM it should be a fairly simple thing to provide these, via >> environment variables. Is there general interest in such a thing? > > I wanted such a thing mere two weeks ago ... Generally when I've wanted these things, I just make a new "$HOME" in my shared user home dir: export HOME=$HOME/aidan It's worked for things I've wanted, I haven't tried it for psql stuff.... a. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, aidan@highrise.ca command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave.