Re: psql: present working directory

"Brendan Jurd" <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:

> Dear hackers,
>
> Is there any interest in having a backslash command to psql that
> prints the current working directory? This would nicely complement
> the functionality offered by \cd.

We have this through subshell invocation

\!pwd

HTH

> The command could be either a new command like \pwd, or simply make
> this the behaviour of \cd with no argument; much the same way that \f
> shows the current field separator when invoked without an argument.
>
> Example:
>
> postgres=> \cd /foo/bar/baz
> postgres=> \cd
> Working directory is "/foo/bar/baz".
>
> Clearly it's a minor convenience feature, but I know I would use it,
> and I don't see a downside. Currently \cd with no argument does
> nothing at all.
>
> Happy to provide a patch in the absence of any objections.
>
> Regards,
> BJ
>
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