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| author | Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> | 1998-04-08 06:42:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> | 1998-04-08 06:42:17 +0000 |
| commit | b91d94ec68bdcd28c16bf58c2c1ecc4a95c0011d (patch) | |
| tree | c3f4b963bafcf149beba53d9f402ab7e9c1f2e80 | |
| parent | 43cfa1a0ce0f85890cda6001638f00325caeecbf (diff) | |
Still mostly empty but add info on PAGER env variable and general paging
behavior from Brett McCormick.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml | 37 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml index 3019396de7a..28ff1cd9a24 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml @@ -2,7 +2,42 @@ <Title><Command>psql</Command></Title> <Para> -This section needs to be written. Volunteers? +This section needs to be converted from the original psql man page. Volunteers? </Para> +<Tip> +<Para> +To change the paging behavior of your results, set/unset your PAGER environment variable. +</Para> +</Tip> + +<Sect1> +<Title>Paging To Screen</Title> + +<Note> +<Title>Author</Title> +<Para> +From Brett McCormick on the mailing list 1998-04-04. +</Para> +</Note> + +<Para> +To affect the paging behavior of your <Command>psql</Command> output, +set or unset your PAGER environment variable. I always have to set mine +before it will pause. And of course you have to do this before +starting the program. + +<Para> +In csh/tcsh or other C shells: + +<ProgramListing> + unsetenv PAGER +</ProgramListing> + +while in sh/bash or other Bourne shells: + +<ProgramListing> + unset PAGER +</ProgramListing> + </Chapter> |