You need to install Readline library. I know I used readline 4.1 and it
works great.
Dorin
At 12:42 PM 4/25/2001 -0600, Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Not sure where this question belongs ... I thought postgresql was
>running under the bash shell where I can use up and down arrow
>keys to traverse my command history. I can do this in mysql but
>oddly not in oracle or postgresql.
>
>/home/postgres
>
>-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 1422 Feb 16 15:50 .Xdefaults
>-rw------- 1 postgres postgres 458 Feb 17 16:59 .bash_history
>-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 24 Feb 16 15:50 .bash_logout
>-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 230 Feb 16 15:50 .bash_profile
>-rw-r--r-- 1 postgres postgres 313 Feb 17 16:36 .bashrc
>
>Which in my ignorance leads me to believe that postgres will run in
>the bash shell and so I expect the use of arrow keys or command
>history.
>
>Clues appreciated.
>
>Peter
>
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