On 20/03/2007 14:04, Lars Haugseth wrote:
As you can see, all of these command line utilities accept the -W parameter followed by the password.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't -W simply force a prompt from the password? - it doesn't accept the password on the command line.
Using the .pgpass file allows command line utilities to run unattended without having to supply a password manually.
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