Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>>> Is there a default file name like ~/.pgpassword so that this feature
>>> can be used without setting yet another environment variable?
> Is there a good reason for a default for this?
Well, most of the other packages I can think of have hard-wired
assumptions about names like "$HOME/.cvspass". If we have such a
default then there's little need for a PGPASSWORDFILE environment
variable at all. Perhaps we should go with the historical custom
and remove the env var in favor of a hardwired filename in $HOME.
regards, tom lane