"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I don't know if this applies anywhere else but I just stumbled across the > fact that our psql documentation is imprecise: > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-psql.html > psql [option...] [dbname [username]] > It does matter that "dbname" precede username; and that it be present if > username is specified. But otherwise the first one or two non-option words > on the command line are taken to be those regardless of position, and any > extra non-option words are ignored. Options can thus be specified before, > after, or in between the dbname and username. This is, unfortunately, platform-specific. glibc's version of getopt_long() takes it upon itself to physically rearrange the argv list to make such cases work. On platforms where getopt_long() does not so blatantly exceed its authority, only the documented argument order will work. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
