Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com> writes:
> The psql documentation says [\copy ... from stdin] looks for "\.". It says
> nothing about doing that for [\copy ... from filename]. I wonder if psql
> should change the filename case to send the whole file to the server, ignoring
> "\." inside. (That is to say, change to match the psql documentation.)
This seems like a sensible solution. The need to use an in-band EOF
marker when reading from the command source file is clear, and there's
no non-kluge way there. But that doesn't mean we should extend it
to separate files. (I'm surprised to realize we do, actually.)
regards, tom lane