Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature > >>> can be used without setting yet another environment variable? > > > Is there a good reason for a default for this? > > Well, most of the other packages I can think of have hard-wired > assumptions about names like "$HOME/.cvspass". If we have such a > default then there's little need for a PGPASSWORDFILE environment > variable at all. Perhaps we should go with the historical custom > and remove the env var in favor of a hardwired filename in $HOME.
Yes, that is what I am thinking too. Do other packages allow you to override the default password file name? I don't think so. I don't see that in .ssh. OK, next question. Is this something that can be fixed during beta. I sure think so because if we don't we will have even more confusion for 7.4. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
