*
* Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.46 2002/03/07 17:54:42 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.47 2002/03/11 18:22:03 momjian 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 set table title\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\cd [DIRNAME] change the current working directory\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\C [TITLE] set table title, or unset with no title\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\cd [DIR] change the current working directory\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\copy ... perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\copyright show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\d TABLE describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\d [TABLE] describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\d{t|i|s|v}... list tables/indexes/sequences/views\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\d{p|S|l} list access privileges, system tables, or large objects\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\da list aggregate functions\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\dd NAME show comment for table, type, function, or operator\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dd [NAME] show comment for table, type, function, or operator\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\df list functions\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\do list operators\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\dT list data types\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\du [PATTERN] Lists all configured users or only those that match pattern\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\e FILENAME edit the current query buffer or file with external editor\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\du [PATTERN] lists all configured users or only those that match pattern\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\e [FILE] edit the current query buffer or file with external editor\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\echo TEXT write text to standard output\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\encoding ENCODING set client encoding\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\f STRING set field separator\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\g FILENAME send SQL command to server (and write results to file or |pipe)\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\f [SEPARATOR] set field separator, or unset if none\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\g [FILE] send SQL command to server (and write results to file or |pipe)\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\h NAME help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\H toggle HTML output mode (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.format == PRINT_HTML));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\i FILENAME execute commands from file\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\i FILE execute commands from file\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\l list all databases\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\lo_export, \\lo_import, \\lo_list, \\lo_unlink\n"
- " large object operations\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\o FILENAME send all query results to file or |pipe\n"));
+ " large object operations\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\o FILE send all query results to file or |pipe\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\p show the content of the current query buffer\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\pset VAR set table output option (VAR := {format|border|expanded|\n"
- " fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
+ " fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\q quit psql\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\qecho TEXT write text to query output stream (see \\o)\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\s FILENAME print history or save it to file\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\s [FILE] print history or save it to file\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\set NAME VALUE set internal variable\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\t show only rows (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.tuples_only));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\T TEXT set HTML table tag attributes\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\T [TAG_ATTR] set HTML table tag attributes, or unset if none\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\timing toggle timing of queries (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.timing));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\unset NAME unset (delete) internal variable\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\w FILENAME write current query buffer to file\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\w FILE write current query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\x toggle expanded output (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.expanded));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\z list table access privileges\n"));