Re: adding PGPASSWORDFILE to libpq

Alvaro Herrera writes:

> Currently the format for the file should be
>
> host:port:database:user:password

I think just the password.  If you need a different password, select a
different file.

The sort of format you propose makes it much too convenient for users to
build password databases in files, which kind of defeats the point of
passwords.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net