=?utf-8?Q?Paul_F=C3=B6rster?= <paul.foerster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> On 27. Apr, 2020, at 14:20, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> AFAICS, psql is behaving as documented. Why are you trying to override >> HOST like that, instead of just using some other variable? > I could but > a) HOST is HOST and should not point to a socket directory. A socket directory is not a HOST. This makes no sense, especially since I see no use for using a socket directory in any psql script. There are tons of use cases for the hostname, though. [ shrug... ] When connecting via a Unix socket, psql does not have a relevant "hostname" to report, so it reports what it's got. You are ascribing a meaning to HOST that it does not have, never has had, and never can have in this case. > c) the docs are IMHO not 100% clear on this. I think the psqlrc should be executed on EVERY new connect, hence including \c, and this is how I interpret the docs too. But it doesn't... There has been some talk of providing a way to execute stuff on reconnect, if memory serves, but nothing's been done about it. regards, tom lane
