| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: psql -f doesn't complain about directories |
| Date: | 2007-11-15 01:52:51 |
| Message-ID: | 20071115015251.GZ28860@fetter.org |
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 05:15:20PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Letting psql execute a script file that is really a directory
> > doesn't complain at all:
> >
> > $ psql -f /tmp
> >
> > Should we do some kind of stat() before opening the file and abort
> > if it's a directory?
>
> Actually anything other than a plain file, right? (Do we really
> want to be able to psql -f a_pipe?)
Yes, I have seen people use just this technique.
Cheers,
David.
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