Index: command.c
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -3 -p -r1.63 command.c
--- command.c	2001/11/05 17:46:30	1.63
+++ command.c	2001/12/02 12:30:45
@@ -709,8 +709,7 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 		{
 			psql_error("\\%s: missing required argument\n", cmd);
 			success = false;
-		}
-		if (!SetVariable(pset.vars, opt, NULL))
+		} else if (!SetVariable(pset.vars, opt, NULL))
 		{
 			psql_error("\\%s: error\n", cmd);
 			success = false;