NAME¶
~/.postgresqlrc - Per-user PostgreSQL cluster configuration
DESCRIPTION¶
This file configures the default PostgreSQL version/cluster and the default
database for an user. If it is not present, the system-wide file
/etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters is used instead.
Comments are introduced by the character
#. Comments may follow data on a
line; the first comment character terminates the data. Leading whitespace and
blank lines are ignored.
The first uncommented, non-blank line is used, all following lines are ignored.
Fields must be given in the following order, separated by white space:
- VERSION
- The major PostgreSQL version of the cluster to connect to.
- CLUSTER
- The name of a cluster to connect to. A remote cluster is specified with
host:port. If port is empty, it defaults to 5432.
- DATABASE
- Within the cluster, the database to which the user will connect by default
if he does not specify a database on the command line. If this is
*, the default database will be the one named by the user's login
id.
SEE ALSO¶
pg_wrapper(1),
user_clusters(5)