Re: localpipe

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de] 
> Sent: 27 February 2006 16:47
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Peter Eisentraut; pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] localpipe
> 
> Dave Page wrote:
> >  
> > 
> > 
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: pgadmin-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org 
> >>[mailto:pgadmin-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of 
> >>Peter Eisentraut
> >>Sent: 24 February 2006 09:45
> >>To: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >>Subject: [pgadmin-hackers] localpipe
> >>
> >>pgAdmin talks about a <localpipe>, but the thing is in fact a local
> >>socket, not a pipe.  I suggest the following change.
> 
> Hm, easily mixed up with localhost, which uses a socket too. But we 
> don't have the space for 'local unix socket' either.

'UDS'? Personally I think socket is better than localpipe though, even
granted that it's still potentially ambiguous.

Regards, Dave.