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-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.41 2002/03/22 19:20:12 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.42 2002/08/15 02:56:19 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpqplusplus">
@@ -117,11 +117,14 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.41 2002/03/22 19:20:
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
- sets the password used if the backend demands password
- authentication. This is not recommended because the password can
- be read by others using the <command>ps</command> command with special options
- on some platforms.
+ <envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
+ sets the password used if the backend demands password
+ authentication. This is deprecated; use <envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar> instead.
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <envar>PGPASSWORDFILE</envar>
+ sets the password file used if the backend demands password
+ authentication. Refer to the libpq documentation for more details.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>