| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: psql -f doesn't complain about directories |
| Date: | 2007-11-14 20:15:20 |
| Message-ID: | 20071114201519.GV19014@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Letting psql execute a script file that is really a directory doesn't complain
> at all:
>
> $ psql -f /tmp
>
> Should we do some kind of stat() before opening the file and abort if it's a
> directory?
Actually anything other than a plain file, right? (Do we really want to
be able to psql -f a_pipe?)
--
Alvaro Herrera Developer, http://www.PostgreSQL.org/
Essentially, you're proposing Kevlar shoes as a solution for the problem
that you want to walk around carrying a loaded gun aimed at your foot.
(Tom Lane)
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