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490 | 490 | not belong to any option it will be interpreted as the database name |
491 | 491 | (or the user name, if the database name is also given). Not all |
492 | 492 | these options are required, defaults do apply. If you omit the host |
493 | | - name, <application>psql</> will connect via a Unix domain socket to a server on the |
494 | | - local host. The default port number is compile-time determined. |
| 493 | + name, <application>psql</> will connect via a Unix domain socket |
| 494 | + to a server on the local host, or via TCP/IP to <literal>localhost</> on machines |
| 495 | + that don't have unix domain sockets. The default port number is compile-time determined. |
495 | 496 | Since the database server uses the same default, you will not have |
496 | 497 | to specify the port in most cases. The default user name is your |
497 | 498 | Unix user name, as is the default database name. Note that you can't |
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