Hi Ivan, Le vendredi 26 juin 2009 à 17:53:15, ivan marchesini a écrit : > [...] > I have installed a postgres db using a datadir different > from /var/lib/pgsql/.psql_history. > > then: > su postgres > psql postgres > > All went fine but when I exit from psql from a db I obtain: > _______ > could not save history to file "/var/lib/pgsql/.psql_history": No such > file or directory > _______ > > how can I fix this problem? where can I say psql that it must > write .psql_history into the datadir? >
psql tries to write there because the home directory of the postgres user is /var/lib/postgres. Probably better to use HISTFILE to change it (\set HISTFILE '/path/to/histfile'). Regards. -- Guillaume. http://www.postgresqlfr.org http://dalibo.com -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
