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<envar>PGPASSWORD</envar>
sets the password used if the server demands password
-authentication. This environment variable is deprecated for security
+authentication. This environment variable is not recommended for security
reasons; instead consider using the <filename>~/.pgpass</>
file (see <xref linkend="libpq-pgpass">).
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