Re: psql: default base and password reading

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> On second thought --- are we creating any portability problems if we
> >> assume /dev/tty exists? In particular, what about the Windows port
> >> of psql? Will it still work?
>
> > I am sure cygwin takes care of this.
>
> Please recall that we have a *native* port of psql ... cygwin doesn't
> help.

Ewe!

The only other mention of /dev/tty I see is in psql/command.c:

/* \s save history in a file or show it on the screen */
else if (strcmp(cmd, "s") == 0)
{
char *fname = scan_option(&string, OT_NORMAL, NULL, true);

success = saveHistory(fname ? fname : "/dev/tty");

if (success && !quiet && fname)
printf(gettext("Wrote history to %s.\n"), fname);
free(fname);
}

I can easily #ifdef around the /dev/tty open. Can someone comment on
what opening /dev/tty does on a Win32 machines without cygwin?

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