Re: copy command - something not found

On 12/29/20 12:01 PM, Susan Hurst wrote:
> Actually, the -c was in an example of a copy command that I found while
> working at my last job. I tried executing the command without the -c and
> got the same results as before, so I suppose I really don't know what it
> means.
>
> Can you enlighten me?

-c is for a command string and if I am following <
${CSVPATH}copycmd.z(tmp) is a redirect of a file.

It will help to know what is actually in the file?

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> Susan E Hurst
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> On 2020-12-29 13:23, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, Susan Hurst
>> <susan(dot)hurst(at)brookhurstdata(dot)com
>> <mailto:susan(dot)hurst(at)brookhurstdata(dot)com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ##-- shell script command
>> psql -c < ${CSVPATH}copycmd.z
>>
>> Given the meaning of “-c” what are you expecting that to do?
>> David J.

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