Re: \i and \watch

On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Edwin UY <edwin(dot)uy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> Is there no way to use \watch to let it run the last script that I just
> run?
>
> When do I do as below:
>
> select 1 ;
> \i x.sql
> \watch 20
>
> It runs select 1 instead.
>
>
Watch is documented to act on either a non-empty query buffer or the last
sent command. I would expect that whatever the final SQL command present
in x.sql is would be the command that gets watched. If indeed the
preceding select 1 command is watched there would seem to be an
undocumented interaction going on.

In any case, no, you cannot watch a meta-command. You’d have to resort to
shell scripting the repeated execution of the psql program itself.

David J.