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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2001-05-06 17:21:11 +0000
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2001-05-06 17:21:11 +0000
commit84e8e5b42798227d1105cd6dc0dda25edbee5418 (patch)
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parent36161b3086041427132a97224c4f1fdeaad22564 (diff)
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Make prompt customization work with changeable Unix socket location.
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 85efbf56425..9fbafcc8814 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.47 2001/03/24 23:03:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.48 2001/05/06 17:21:11 petere Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -1970,14 +1970,27 @@ testdb=> <userinput>\set content `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt`</userinp
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>%M</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>The full hostname (with domain name) of the database server (or
- <quote>localhost</quote> if hostname information is not available).</para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The full hostname (with domain name) of the database server,
+ or <literal>[local]</literal> if the connection is over a
+ Unix domain socket, or
+ <literal>[local:<replaceable>/dir/name</replaceable>]</literal>,
+ if the Unix domain socket is not at the compiled in default
+ location.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>%m</literal></term>
- <listitem><para>The hostname of the database server, truncated after the
- first dot.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The hostname of the database server, truncated after the
+ first dot, or <literal>[local]</literal> if the connection
+ is over a Unix domain socket.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>