Re: psql: present working directory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jerry Sievers
Subject Re: psql: present working directory
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In response to psql: present working directory  ("Brendan Jurd" <direvus@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: psql: present working directory
Re: psql: present working directory
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"Brendan Jurd" <direvus@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear hackers,
> 
> Is there any interest in having a backslash command to psql that
> prints the current working directory?  This would nicely complement
> the functionality offered by \cd.

We have this through subshell invocation

\!pwd

HTH

> The command could be either a new command like \pwd, or simply make
> this the behaviour of \cd with no argument; much the same way that \f
> shows the current field separator when invoked without an argument.
> 
> Example:
> 
> postgres=> \cd /foo/bar/baz
> postgres=> \cd
> Working directory is "/foo/bar/baz".
> 
> Clearly it's a minor convenience feature, but I know I would use it,
> and I don't see a downside.  Currently \cd with no argument does
> nothing at all.
> 
> Happy to provide a patch in the absence of any objections.
> 
> Regards,
> BJ
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