Re: Invoke diff from plpgsql? - Mailing list pgsql-general

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> Wondering how to invoke a application like diff from plpgsql? Thanks!

Pl/Pgsql cannot execute system commands. For that, you will need one
of the other Pl languages, running in "untrusted" mode. Here are
some from the manual:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/pltcl.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plperl.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpython.html

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