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> Is there any way of getting psql to display the name of the > currently-connected server in its prompt, and perhaps a custom string > identifying e.g. a disc set, without having to create a psqlrc file on > every client system that's got a precompiled psql installed? Sure, use backticks to get what you want into there. For example, here's one of my common prompts: \set PROMPT1 '%...@%`hostname`:%>%R%#%x%x%x ' I once had a client that needed something more than that, so I wrote a quick shell script that outputted the info on a single line and then called the script inside the backticks. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201001080924 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAktHQIcACgkQvJuQZxSWSsgo6QCg5/4Rtx5Jnoso+i9P6+cph+1e do8AoIVqlXg8u8Eb8NtPWm+Y2y+sYyfB =gmZS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
