Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> OK, I reread what you said and I see now I am not going to get away with
> being brief. Text is now:
>
> <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
> sets the password used if the backend demands password
> authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
> be read by others using a <command>ps</command> environment flag
> on some platforms.
Looks good to me. I think the 'ps' options are the most annoying
difference between SysV and BSD Unices. Linux 'ps' tries to be both
by acting BSDish if you supply options without a dash, and SysVish if
you use one. Ambitious, but it's bitten me once or twice...
-Doug
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