Re: psql -f doesn't complain about directories

David Fetter wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 05:15:20PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Letting psql execute a script file that is really a directory
> > > doesn't complain at all:
> > >
> > > $ psql -f /tmp
> > >
> > > Should we do some kind of stat() before opening the file and abort
> > > if it's a directory?
> >
> > Actually anything other than a plain file, right? (Do we really
> > want to be able to psql -f a_pipe?)
>
> Yes, I have seen people use just this technique.

Interesting. Why not just use a standard shell pipe from the command
writing into the named pipe, instead of piping through it?

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