Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:52:22 +0100
From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Config file for psql
Message-ID: <20060218185222.GG20716@svana.org>
Reply-To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>
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Hi,

A little while ago there was someone asking for tools to make it easier
to connect to multiple servers. It occured to me that it might be
useful to have a config file the way ssh does it:

Host production
  ServerName  db1
  DBName      main
  Username    blah
  Password    blah
  UseSSL      yes

Host test
  ServerName db2
  ServerPort 5434
  DBName     main
  Username   blah
  Password   blah

Host *
  Username    default


So when you type "psql test" it fills in the server name, port,
database, username and password for you. For hosts not listed, it gives
a default username "default". It's really just a variation on the
=2Enetrc file.

Thoughts?
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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