> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> >> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> >>>> Should the parameter determine the directory or the full file name? I'd
> >>>> go for the former, but it's not a strong case.
> >>
> >> Directory was what I had in mind too, but I'm not sure what Bruce
> >> actually did ...
>
> > I did whatever the patch did. I believe it is the full path. I believe
> > it is used here:
>
> > #define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
> > ((defpath && defpath[0] != '\0') ? (strncpy((sun).sun_path,
> > defpath, sizeof((sun).sun_path)),
> > (sun).sun_path[sizeof((sun).sun_path)-1] = '\0') :
> > sprintf((sun).sun_path, "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.%d", (port)))
>
> Hmm. I think it would make more sense to make the parameter be just
> the directory, not the full path including filename --- for one thing,
> doing it like that renders the port-number parameter useless. Why not
>
> #define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
> snprintf((sun).sun_path, sizeof((sun).sun_path), "%s/.s.PGSQL.%d", \
> (((defpath) && *(defpath) != '\0') ? (defpath) : "/tmp"), \
> (port))
I can do that. Of course, I have to now change all the documentation to
match it. :-)
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