Re: psql does not save contents into file at end of command.

On 12/27/06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
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> "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > tradein_clients=> \o db.lst
> > tradein_clients=> \l (till this point, there is nothing in file db.lst)
> > tradein_clients=> \q (now it saves) (also saves if another \o is issued)
>
> > Dunno till what extent this behavior is justified.
>
> I wasn't too excited about this, but on investigation, psql *does*
> fflush() the \o file after each ordinary SQL command;

i see . I did not investigate to that extent , i thought it was for all.

it's only
> backslash command output that doesn't necessarily reach the file
> immediately. This is inconsistent ... if we're going to do it for
> regular commands seems like we should do it for backslash commands
> too.

Thanks for the notice
and belated Merry Christmas.

Regds
mallah.

regards, tom lane
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