path: root/src/bin/psql/help.c

/*
 * psql - the PostgreSQL interactive terminal
 *
 * Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 *
 * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.54 2002/08/10 19:35:01 tgl Exp $
 */
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "print.h"
#include "help.h"

#include <signal.h>
#include <errno.h>

#ifndef WIN32
#include <sys/ioctl.h>			/* for ioctl() */
#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
#include <pwd.h>				/* for getpwuid() */
#endif
#include <sys/types.h>			/* (ditto) */
#include <unistd.h>				/* for getuid() */
#else
#include <win32.h>
#endif

#include "pqsignal.h"
#include "libpq-fe.h"

#include "settings.h"
#include "common.h"
#include "sql_help.h"

#define _(x) gettext((x))

/*
 * PLEASE:
 * If you change something in this file, also make the same changes
 * in the DocBook documentation, file ref/psql-ref.sgml. If you don't
 * know how to do it, please find someone who can help you.
 */


/*
 * usage
 *
 * print out command line arguments
 */
#define ON(var) (var ? _("on") : _("off"))

void
usage(void)
{
	const char *env;
	const char *user;

#ifndef WIN32
	struct passwd *pw = NULL;
#endif

	/* Find default user, in case we need it. */
	user = getenv("PGUSER");
	if (!user)
	{
#ifndef WIN32
		pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
		if (pw)
			user = pw->pw_name;
		else
		{
			psql_error("could not get current user name: %s\n", strerror(errno));
			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
		}
#else /* WIN32 */
		char		buf[128];
		DWORD		bufsize = sizeof(buf) - 1;

		if (GetUserName(buf, &bufsize))
			user = buf;
#endif /* WIN32 */
	}

/* If this " is the start of the string then it ought to end there to fit in 80 columns >> " */
	printf(_("This is psql %s, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.\n"),
		   PG_VERSION);
	puts(_("Usage:"));
	puts(_("  psql [options] [dbname [username]]\n"));
	puts(_("Options:"));
	puts(_("  -a              Echo all input from script"));
	puts(_("  -A              Unaligned table output mode (-P format=unaligned)"));
	puts(_("  -c COMMAND      Run only single command (SQL or internal) and exit"));

	/* Display default database */
	env = getenv("PGDATABASE");
	if (!env)
		env = user;
	printf(_("  -d DBNAME       Specify database name to connect to (default: %s)\n"), env);

	puts(_("  -e              Echo commands sent to server"));
	puts(_("  -E              Display queries that internal commands generate"));
	puts(_("  -f FILENAME     Execute commands from file, then exit"));
	printf(_("  -F STRING       Set field separator (default: \"%s\") (-P fieldsep=)\n"),
		   DEFAULT_FIELD_SEP);

	/* Display default host */
	env = getenv("PGHOST");
	printf(_("  -h HOSTNAME     Specify database server host (default: %s)\n"),
		   env ? env : _("local socket"));

	puts(_("  -H              HTML table output mode (-P format=html)"));
	puts(_("  -l              List available databases, then exit"));
	puts(_("  -n              Disable enhanced command line editing (readline)"));
	puts(_("  -o FILENAME     Send query results to file (or |pipe)"));

	/* Display default port */
	env = getenv("PGPORT");
	printf(_("  -p PORT         Specify database server port (default: %s)\n"),
		   env ? env : DEF_PGPORT_STR);

	puts(_("  -P VAR[=ARG]    Set printing option 'VAR' to 'ARG' (see \\pset command)"));
	puts(_("  -q              Run quietly (no messages, only query output)"));
	puts(_("  -R STRING       Set record separator (default: newline) (-P recordsep=)"));
	puts(_("  -s              Single step mode (confirm each query)"));
	puts(_("  -S              Single line mode (end of line terminates SQL command)"));
	puts(_("  -t              Print rows only (-P tuples_only)"));
	puts(_("  -T TEXT         Set HTML table tag attributes (width, border) (-P tableattr=)"));

	/* Display default user */
	env = getenv("PGUSER");
	if (!env)
		env = user;
	printf(_("  -U NAME         Specify database user name (default: %s)\n"), env);

	puts(_("  -v NAME=VALUE   Set psql variable 'NAME' to 'VALUE'"));
	puts(_("  -V              Show version information and exit"));
	puts(_("  -W              Prompt for password (should happen automatically)"));
	puts(_("  -x              Turn on expanded table output (-P expanded)"));
	puts(_("  -X              Do not read startup file (~/.psqlrc)"));

	puts(_(
		   "\nFor more information, type \"\\?\" (for internal commands) or \"\\help\"\n"
		   "(for SQL commands) from within psql, or consult the psql section in\n"
		   "the PostgreSQL documentation.\n\n"
		   "Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>."));
}


/*
 * slashUsage
 *
 * print out help for the backslash commands
 */

#ifndef TIOCGWINSZ
struct winsize
{
	int			ws_row;
	int			ws_col;
};
#endif

void
slashUsage(bool pager)
{
	FILE	   *output, *pagerfd = NULL;

	/* check whether we need / can / are supposed to use pager */
	if (pager
#ifndef WIN32
		&&
		isatty(fileno(stdin)) &&
		isatty(fileno(stdout))
#endif
		)
	{
		const char *pagerprog;

#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
		int			result;
		struct winsize screen_size;

		result = ioctl(fileno(stdout), TIOCGWINSZ, &screen_size);
		if (result == -1 || 50 > screen_size.ws_row)
		{
#endif
			pagerprog = getenv("PAGER");
			if (!pagerprog)
				pagerprog = DEFAULT_PAGER;
			pagerfd = popen(pagerprog, "w");
#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
		}
#endif
	}

	if (pagerfd)
	{
		output = pagerfd;
#ifndef WIN32
		pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
#endif
	}
	else
		output = stdout;

	/* if you add/remove a line here, change the row test above */
    /*      if this " is the start of the string then it ought to end there to fit in 80 columns >> " */
	fprintf(output, _(" \\a             toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\c[onnect] [DBNAME|- [USER]]\n"
					"                connect to new database (currently \"%s\")\n"),
			PQdb(pset.db));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\C [STRING]    set table title, or unset if none\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\cd [DIR]      change the current working directory\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\copy ...      perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\copyright     show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\d [NAME]      describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\d{t|i|s|v|S} [PATTERN]\n"));
	fprintf(output, _("                list tables/indexes/sequences/views/system tables\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\da [PATTERN]  list aggregate functions\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\dd [PATTERN]  show comment for object\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\dD [PATTERN]  list domains\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\df [PATTERN]  list functions\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\do [NAME]     list operators\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\dl            list large objects, same as lo_list\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\dp [PATTERN]  list table access privileges\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\dT [PATTERN]  list data types\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\du [PATTERN]  list users\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\e [FILE]      edit the query buffer (or file) with external editor\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\echo [STRING] write string to standard output\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\encoding [ENCODING]  show or set client encoding\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\f [STRING]    show or set field separator for unaligned query output\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\g [FILE]      send query buffer to server (and results to file or |pipe)\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\h [NAME]      help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\H             toggle HTML output mode (currently %s)\n"),
			ON(pset.popt.topt.format == PRINT_HTML));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\i FILE        execute commands from file\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\l             list all databases\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\lo_export, \\lo_import, \\lo_list, \\lo_unlink\n"
					"                large object operations\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\o FILE        send all query results to file or |pipe\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\p             show the contents of the query buffer\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\pset NAME [VALUE]  set table output option (NAME := {format|border|expanded|\n"
					"                fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\q             quit psql\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\qecho [STRING]  write string to query output stream (see \\o)\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\r             reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\s [FILE]      display history or save it to file\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\set [NAME [VALUE]]  set internal variable, or list all if no parameters\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\t             show only rows (currently %s)\n"),
			ON(pset.popt.topt.tuples_only));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\T [STRING]    set HTML <table>-tag attributes, or unset if none\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\timing        toggle timing of queries (currently %s)\n"),
			ON(pset.timing));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\unset NAME    unset (delete) internal variable\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\w [FILE]      write query buffer to file\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\x             toggle expanded output (currently %s)\n"),
			ON(pset.popt.topt.expanded));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\z [PATTERN]   list table access privileges (same as \\dp)\n"));
	fprintf(output, _(" \\! [COMMAND]   execute command in shell or start interactive shell\n"));

	if (pagerfd)
	{
		pclose(pagerfd);
#ifndef WIN32
		pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
#endif
	}
}



/*
 * helpSQL -- help with SQL commands
 *
 */
void
helpSQL(const char *topic)
{
#define VALUE_OR_NULL(a) ((a) ? (a) : "")

	if (!topic || strlen(topic) == 0)
	{
		int			i;
		int			items_per_column = (QL_HELP_COUNT + 2) / 3;

		puts(_("Available help:"));

		for (i = 0; i < items_per_column; i++)
		{
			printf("  %-26s%-26s",
				   VALUE_OR_NULL(QL_HELP[i].cmd),
				   VALUE_OR_NULL(QL_HELP[i + items_per_column].cmd));
			if (i + 2 * items_per_column < QL_HELP_COUNT)
				printf("%-26s",
				   VALUE_OR_NULL(QL_HELP[i + 2 * items_per_column].cmd));
			fputc('\n', stdout);
		}
	}

	else
	{
		int			i;
		bool		help_found = false;
		size_t		len;

		/* don't care about trailing spaces */
		len = strlen(topic);
		while (topic[len - 1] == ' ')
			len--;

		for (i = 0; QL_HELP[i].cmd; i++)
		{
			if (strncasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd, len) == 0 ||
				strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
			{
				help_found = true;
				printf(_("Command:     %s\n"
						 "Description: %s\n"
						 "Syntax:\n%s\n\n"),
					 QL_HELP[i].cmd, QL_HELP[i].help, QL_HELP[i].syntax);
				/* If we have an exact match, exit.  Fixes \h SELECT */
				if (strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
					break;
			}
		}

		if (!help_found)
			printf(_("No help available for '%-.*s'.\nTry \\h with no arguments to see available help.\n"), (int) len, topic);
	}
}



void
print_copyright(void)
{
	puts(
		 "PostgreSQL Data Base Management System\n\n"
		 "Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group\n\n"
		 "This software is based on Postgres95, formerly known as Postgres, which\n"
		 "contains the following notice:\n\n"
		 "Portions Copyright(c) 1994 - 7 Regents of the University of California\n\n"
		 "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its\n"
		 "documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement\n"
		 "is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph\n"
		 "and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.\n\n"
		 "IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR\n"
		 "DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST\n"
		 "PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF\n"
		 "THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH\n"
		 "DAMAGE.\n\n"
		 "THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,\n"
		 "BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A\n"
		 "PARTICULAR PURPOSE.THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN \"AS IS\" BASIS,\n"
		 "AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NO OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,\n"
		 "SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS."
		);
}