Re: psql shell return codes - checking if database exists

Mario Splivalo написа:
> I need to check, from a bash script, if certain database exists in a 
> postgres cluster. When I issue:
> 
> psql -U someuser somedatabase
> 
> psql returns error code 2 regardless of 'no user' or 'no database' 
> condition. How could I distinguish from the two?

A workaround: add "--list" option to the command line and grep for the 
database you need.


-- 
Milen A. Radev


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