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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-01-23 18:22:56 -0500
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-01-23 18:22:56 -0500
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doc: mention psql -l uses the 'postgres' database by default
Reported-by: Mark Wood Bug: 14912 Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20171116171735.1474.30450@wrigleys.postgresql.org Author: David G. Johnston Backpatch-through: 10
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@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ EOF
<listitem>
<para>
List all available databases, then exit. Other non-connection
- options are ignored. This is similar to the meta-command
+ 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
<command>\list</command>.
</para>
</listitem>