Subject: Re: psql output and password Qs
From: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
To: ow <oneway_111@yahoo.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:56:00 +0100
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On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 19:47, ow wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 1) When psql is run from a script, how would one save *all* output generated by
> psql (including errors, info messages, etc) in to a file?. I tried redirecting
> output with ">" but that did not save error/confirmation messages.

Standard output and standard error are different streams.

The normal way to do what you want (Bourne shell syntax) is:

   psql ... >outfile 2>&1

> 2) When psql is run from a script, how would one pass a password to psql?

Create a .pgpass file to read it from (see the manual for details).

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