Re: PSQLRC environment variable. - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Tom Lane wrote:
> James Tanis <jtt@sysd.com> writes:
> > In the tradition of telnet, xinit, and others, I've created a patch which
> > allows users to override the location of .psqlrc by setting the PSQLRC
> > environment variable.
>
> Uh, why is that a good idea?

Well, suppose you want all your users to use the same psqlrc file.
Instead of creating symlinks for every user, you can just set PSQLRC in
/etc/profile and everyone gets it.

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