2013/1/23 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>: > I wrote: >> If we did think that this specific backslash command needed to be able >> to print something other than the filename as-entered, I'd be inclined >> to just apply make_absolute_path() to the name, instead of relying on >> inadequate dead-reckoning. However, that would require making >> make_absolute_path available in src/port/ or someplace, which seems >> a bit more than this "feature" is worth. Why should \s, and \s alone, >> need to remind you where you're cd'd to? > > It strikes me that a more useful "reminder" feature could be implemented > by having \cd itself print the new current directory, which it could do > with a simple call to getcwd(), thus not requiring refactoring of > make_absolute_path. Then for instance if you'd forgotten where you > were, "\cd ." would tell you.
\! pwd does the trick as well. However personally I prefer to get some kind of feedback from an action, so having \cd confirm the directory would be nice. I'll submit a patch. Related email from the archives on this subject: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/37ed240d0611200645l5b70c8ddw5fb735e0d35a7...@mail.gmail.com Does commit 0725065b just need to be reverted, or is an additional patch required to remove the prefixed working directory from \s output? Ian Barwick -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
