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| 2 | +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.122 2003/04/2819:30:49 tgl Exp $ |
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5 | 5 | <chapter id="libpq"> |
@@ -2519,10 +2519,13 @@ This file should have lines of the following format: |
2519 | 2519 | <synopsis> |
2520 | 2520 | <replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port</replaceable>:<replaceable>database</replaceable>:<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable> |
2521 | 2521 | </synopsis> |
2522 | | -Each of these fields may be a literal name or <literal>*</literal>, which |
2523 | | -matches anything. The first matching entry will be used, so put more-specific |
2524 | | -entries first. When an entry contain <literal>:</literal> or |
2525 | | -<literal>\</literal>, it must be escaped with <literal>\</literal>. |
| 2522 | +Each of the first four fields may be a literal value, or <literal>*</literal>, |
| 2523 | +which |
| 2524 | +matches anything. The password field from the first line that matches the |
| 2525 | +current connection parameters will be used. (Therefore, put more-specific |
| 2526 | +entries first when you are using wildcards.) |
| 2527 | +If an entry needs to contain <literal>:</literal> or |
| 2528 | +<literal>\</literal>, escape this character with <literal>\</literal>. |
2526 | 2529 | </para> |
2527 | 2530 | <para> |
2528 | 2531 | The permissions on <filename>.pgpass</filename> must disallow any |
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