> > Can I request we search in the postgres install directory first, then
> > the home directory, or is that stupid because there may not be a
> > postgresql install directory on the machine you are running psql on.
> It's trivial to search whatever directories we want to, but using
> /etc/ and $HOME is the convention which every other program I know
> of follows, so I just did the same.
>
> It's certainly true that every machine will have a /etc whereas
> maybe only one machine on a network may have the PG
> installation directory.
>
> I'd vote for leaving it as is...
>
>
> Andrew
How about some sort of PATH variable?
setenv PG_INITPATH /etc:/usr/local/pgsql:~
or
export PG_INITPATH=/etc:/usr/local/pgsql:/home/bennett
In the absense of the environment variable, it would default to
"/etc:$HOME".
This could be considered a security issue, however. If someone,
without thinking, put "." in their PG_INITPATH, they could be tricked
into executing something nasty.
-Erik
Erik Bennett bennett@corp.oneworld.com
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