Re: Let file_fdw access COPY FROM PROGRAM

From: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: Let file_fdw access COPY FROM PROGRAM
Date: 2016-09-07 03:37:55
Message-ID: CADkLM=fJMe+fAdShu8sbqnbQU0mn1fW9-O=O3BT+DOCfPxZ=6A@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 7 September 2016 at 11:21, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Craig Ringer <
> craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
>
> > And the TAP test would detect the operating system and know to create an
> FDW
> > that has the PROGRAM value 'cat test_data.csv' on Unix, 'type
> test_data.csv'
> > on windows, and 'type test_data.csv;1' on VMS?
>
> Right. Or just "perl emit_test_data.pl" that works for all of them,
> since TAP is perl so you can safely assume you have Perl.
>

Thanks. I was mentally locked in more basic OS commands. Am I right in
thinking perl is about the *only* OS command you can be sure is on every
architecture?

The platforms page says we support S/390 but no mention of VM/MVS/CMS. Did
we do an OS/400 port yet? ::ducks::

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