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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 10:20:42 -0500 |
| commit | 6dbae688d8526e4f277c4a7bf85497e03a947e59 (patch) | |
| tree | 3421601553bd41bc46dcd4c17873bd1725093933 | |
| parent | dcc1e61cb23606bf3e90079a0529821939c0e9c6 (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 bdb109242e9..f575bb4ffa9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -281,11 +281,17 @@ 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> |