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Subject: Re: Comments in .pgpass file...
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Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
> It seems that psql (or maybe libpq) doesn't like trailing comments.

Why would you think it would take that?  The manual says that lines
beginning with '#' are comments, but not more than that.

> But this does not:
> 10.143.170.206:5432:*:11026270:Blarge # Host name: fubar

If that acted as a comment, it'd be impossible to use passwords
containing '#'.

			regards, tom lane