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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2001-05-06 17:38:32 +0000
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2001-05-06 17:38:32 +0000
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Allow 'psql -f -' to read from standard input.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.48 2001/05/06 17:21:11 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.49 2001/05/06 17:38:31 petere Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -1292,6 +1292,12 @@ Access permissions for database "test"
After the file is processed, <application>psql</application> terminates.
This is in many ways equivalent to the internal command <command>\i</command>.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If <replaceable>filename</replaceable> is <literal>-</literal>
+ (hyphen), then standard input is read.
+ </para>
+
<para>
Using this option is subtly different from writing
<literal>psql &lt; <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></literal>.