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Add mention of new environment variables for session initialization.

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Cross-reference libpq(3).
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Thomas G. Lockhart 1997-11-15 02:47:23 +00:00
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.\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/psql.1,v 1.15 1997/11/14 21:38:16 momjian Exp $ .\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/psql.1,v 1.16 1997/11/15 02:47:23 thomas Exp $
.TH PSQL UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL .TH PSQL UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME .SH NAME
psql \(em run the interactive query front-end psql \(em run the interactive query front-end
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.IR command. .IR command.
.IP \e? .IP \e?
Get help information about the \e commands. Get help information about the \e commands.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
There are some environment variables which can be used in liu of
command line arguments; these are detailed below.
Additionally, the Postgres frontend library used by the psql application
looks for other optional environment variables to configure, for example,
the style of date/time representation and the local time zone. Refer
to libpq(3) for more details.
.PP
You may set any of the following environment variables to avoid You may set any of the following environment variables to avoid
specifying command-line options: specifying command-line options:
.nf .nf
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.IR Kerberos .IR Kerberos
authentication is in use. If this environment variable is set, Postgres authentication is in use. If this environment variable is set, Postgres
will attempt authentication with servers for this realm and use will attempt authentication with servers for this realm and use
separate ticket files to avoid conflicts with local ticket files. See separate ticket files to avoid conflicts with local ticket files.
See
.IR pgintro (1) .IR pgintro (1)
for additional information on for additional information on
.IR Kerberos . .IR Kerberos .
.PP
See
.IR pgintro (libpq)
for additional details.
.SH "RETURN VALUE" .SH "RETURN VALUE"
.IR psql .IR psql
returns 0 to the shell on successful completion of all queries, returns 0 to the shell on successful completion of all queries,