Re: Comments in .pgpass file...

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Comments in .pgpass file...
Date: 2024-05-21 01:07:21
Message-ID: CAKFQuwaBj0r88mzYU4aRgGbOKZB8OagxNkwa5Vt85j6KBOXjHg@mail.gmail.com
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On Monday, May 20, 2024, Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> It seems that psql (or maybe libpq) doesn't like trailing comments.
>
> This works:
> 10.143.170.206:5432:*:11026270:Blarge
>
> But this does not:
> 10.143.170.206:5432:*:11026270:Blarge # Host name: fubar
>
> (Don't tell me to use DNS. I would if the servers would stay in DNS.)
>

.pgpass is a libpq thing.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html

The docs in a bit round-a-bout way state that a comment line begins with
the hashtag. No other mention of comment formats are given.

David J.

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