--- Doug Moore <moored3947@home.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As I understand it, in order to read in a file containing sql
> commands
> I should use the \i <file> syntax in psql.
>
> So, from the psql prompt I type:
>
> \i /root/phones
>
> I get back "/root/phones: permission denied"
>
> I am in psql as the user who owns the database.
> The file in question is readable and writeable by all.
You have given rights for everyone on your machine to read/write
to the /root directory? Enter the /root directory and run this
(if 'phones' is the sql file):
% psql -f phones
Brent
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