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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2018-02-03 10:19:57 -0500 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2018-02-03 10:19:57 -0500 |
| commit | 1d81c093db81f63727436c736d9d27b7bedb4b66 (patch) | |
| tree | f43908cdf70983e9b0128756ac033ee477c85e1e | |
| parent | 794eb3a8f00519fac561831dee35f4ee557bd08b (diff) | |
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doc: Clarify psql --list documentation a bit more
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index 7ea7edc3d10..6f9b30b673c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -283,11 +283,17 @@ EOF <listitem> <para> List all available databases, then exit. Other non-connection - options are ignored. If an explicit database name is not - found the <literal>postgres</literal> database, not the user's, - will be targeted for connection. This is similar to the meta-command + options are ignored. This is similar to the meta-command <command>\list</command>. </para> + + <para> + When this option is used, <application>psql</application> will connect + to the database <literal>postgres</literal>, unless a different database + is named on the command line (option <option>-d</option> or non-option + argument, possibly via a service entry, but not via an environment + variable). + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |