Thanks to all...
in effect it is a very little problem if you consider that probably I
will call psql from normal accounts...
:-)
thanks
Il giorno dom, 28/06/2009 alle 01.04 +0930, Shane Ambler ha scritto:
> Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > Hi Ivan,
> >
> > Le vendredi 26 juin 2009 à 17:53:15, ivan marchesini a écrit :
> >> [...]
> >> I have installed a postgres db using a datadir different
> >> from /var/lib/pgsql/.psql_history.
> >>
> >> then:
> >> su postgres
> >> psql postgres
> >>
> >> All went fine but when I exit from psql from a db I obtain:
> >> _______
> >> could not save history to file "/var/lib/pgsql/.psql_history": No such
> >> file or directory
> >> _______
> >>
> >> how can I fix this problem? where can I say psql that it must
> >> write .psql_history into the datadir?
> >>
> >
> > psql tries to write there because the home directory of the postgres user is
> > /var/lib/postgres. Probably better to use HISTFILE to change it (\set HISTFILE
> > '/path/to/histfile').
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> You do know that you don't need to su postgres to start psql?
>
> Only the server needs to be run with the postgres user account. If you
> run psql from your normal user account the history file will be saved
> into your home folder not the postgresql install/data file dir.
>
>
> --
>
> Shane Ambler
> pgSQL (at) Sheeky (dot) Biz
>
>
