psql error in \? output on \w line

From: Zach Irmen <zirmen(at)shaw(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: psql error in \? output on \w line
Date: 2004-01-08 03:34:24
Message-ID: Pine.WNT.4.58.0401072007060.-452847@zi.ed.shawcable.net
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As far as I can tell, the file argument for \w is required;
this contradicts what \? says for it (namely that it's optional).
A patch follows to fix this if it really is an error and not my
misunderstanding.

Zach Irmen

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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/psql/help.c,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -c -r1.84 help.c
*** help.c 1 Dec 2003 22:34:48 -0000 1.84
--- help.c 8 Jan 2004 03:02:10 -0000
***************
*** 195,201 ****
fprintf(output, _(" \\p show the contents of the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\s [FILE] display history or save it to file\n"));
! fprintf(output, _(" \\w [FILE] write query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(output, "\n");

fprintf(output, _("Input/Output\n"));
--- 195,201 ----
fprintf(output, _(" \\p show the contents of the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
fprintf(output, _(" \\s [FILE] display history or save it to file\n"));
! fprintf(output, _(" \\w FILE write query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(output, "\n");

fprintf(output, _("Input/Output\n"));

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