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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>\cd</literal> <optional><replaceable>directory</replaceable></optional></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Change the current working directory to
+ <replaceable>directory</replaceable>. Without argument,
+ change to the current user's home directory.
+ </para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ To print your current working directory, use <literal>\!pwd</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>\C</literal> [ <replaceable class="parameter">title</replaceable> ]</term>
<listitem>
*
* Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v 1.50 2001/05/06 21:15:51 petere Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v 1.51 2001/05/07 19:31:33 petere Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "command.h"
#include <errno.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <ctype.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
+#include <pwd.h>
+#endif
#ifndef WIN32
#include <sys/types.h> /* for umask() */
#include <sys/stat.h> /* for stat() */
free(opt2);
}
+ /* \cd */
+ else if (strcmp(cmd, "cd") == 0)
+ {
+ char *opt = scan_option(&string, OT_NORMAL, NULL);
+ char *dir;
+
+ if (opt)
+ dir = opt;
+ else
+ {
+#ifndef WIN32
+ struct passwd *pw;
+
+ pw = getpwuid(geteuid());
+ if (!pw)
+ {
+ psql_error("could not get home directory: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ dir = pw->pw_dir;
+#else /* WIN32 */
+ /* On Windows, 'cd' without arguments prints the current
+ directory, so if someone wants to code this here
+ instead... */
+ dir = "/";
+#endif /* WIN32 */
+ }
+
+ if (chdir(dir) == -1)
+ {
+ psql_error("\\%s: could not change directory to '%s': %s\n",
+ cmd, dir, strerror(errno));
+ success = false;
+ }
+
+ if (opt)
+ free(opt);
+ }
+
/* \copy */
else if (strcasecmp(cmd, "copy") == 0)
{
*
* Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.37 2001/03/22 04:00:20 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.38 2001/05/07 19:31:33 petere Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "help.h"
fprintf(fout, " \\c[onnect] [dbname|- [user]]\n"
" connect to new database (currently '%s')\n", PQdb(pset.db));
fprintf(fout, " \\C <title> table title\n");
+ fprintf(fout, " \\cd [<dir>] change the current working directory\n");
fprintf(fout, " \\copy ... perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client machine\n");
fprintf(fout, " \\copyright show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms\n");
fprintf(fout, " \\d <table> describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n");
*
* Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c,v 1.30 2001/04/14 22:55:02 petere Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c,v 1.31 2001/05/07 19:31:33 petere Exp $
*/
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
COMPLETE_WITH_LIST(my_list);
}
- else if (strcmp(prev_wd, "\\e") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\edit") == 0 ||
+ else if (strcmp(prev_wd, "\\cd") == 0 ||
+ strcmp(prev_wd, "\\e") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\edit") == 0 ||
strcmp(prev_wd, "\\g") == 0 ||
strcmp(prev_wd, "\\i") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\include") == 0 ||
- strcmp(prev_wd, "\\o") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\out") == 0 ||
+ strcmp(prev_wd, "\\o") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\out") == 0 ||
strcmp(prev_wd, "\\s") == 0 ||
- strcmp(prev_wd, "\\w") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\write") == 0
+ strcmp(prev_wd, "\\w") == 0 || strcmp(prev_wd, "\\write") == 0
)
matches = completion_matches(text, filename_completion_function);