From b91d94ec68bdcd28c16bf58c2c1ecc4a95c0011d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 06:42:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Still mostly empty but add info on PAGER env variable and general paging behavior from Brett McCormick. --- doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml index 3019396de7..28ff1cd9a2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/psql.sgml @@ -2,7 +2,42 @@ <Command>psql</Command> -This section needs to be written. Volunteers? +This section needs to be converted from the original psql man page. Volunteers? + + +To change the paging behavior of your results, set/unset your PAGER environment variable. + + + + +Paging To Screen + + +Author + +From Brett McCormick on the mailing list 1998-04-04. + + + + +To affect the paging behavior of your psql output, +set or unset your PAGER environment variable. I always have to set mine +before it will pause. And of course you have to do this before +starting the program. + + +In csh/tcsh or other C shells: + + + unsetenv PAGER + + +while in sh/bash or other Bourne shells: + + + unset PAGER + +