Re: proposal: multiple psql option -c

On 8/28/15 3:31 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> --psqlrc​
> ​; read the standard rc files​
> --no-psqlrc ; do not read the standard rc files
>
> It belongs in a separate patch, though.
>
> In this patch -g should disable the reading of the standard rc files.

Agreed; I didn't realize -c disabled psqlrc.

> Yet another option could be added that allows the user to point to a
> different set of rc files. Its presence should not cause the
> include/exclude behavior to change. That way you can setup a psql
> wrapper function or alias that uses a different ​rc file while still
> having control over whether it is included or excluded. The problem
> here is exploding the logic in order to deal with both a system and a
> user rc file.

If we had a \i variation that didn't fail if the file wasn't readable
you could use that to pull a system psqlrc in from your custom one.
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