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Add mention of new leading-slash handling of hostname to libpq docs.

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Bruce Momjian 2000-11-14 01:53:37 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.46 2000/11/13 23:37:51 momjian Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.47 2000/11/14 01:53:37 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq-chapter">
@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo)
<term><literal>host</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of host to connect to. If a non-zero-length string is
specified, TCP/IP communication is used, else Unix sockets.
Name of host to connect to.
Using this parameter causes a hostname look-up. See hostaddr.
If it begins with a slash, it is used
as the path to a unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1838,7 +1839,8 @@ application programs.
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGHOST</envar> sets the default server name.
If a non-zero-length string is specified, TCP/IP communication is used.
If it beings with a slash, it is used as the path to a unix domain
socket.
Without a host name, libpq will connect using a local Unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>