man postgresqlrc (Formats) - Per-user PostgreSQL cluster configuration
NAME
~/.postgresqlrc - Per-user PostgreSQL cluster configuration
DESCRIPTION
This file configures the default PostgreSQL version/cluster and the default database for an user. If it is not present, the system-wide file /etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters is used instead.
FORMAT
Comments are introduced by the character #. Comments may follow data on a line; the first comment character terminates the data. Leading whitespace and blank lines are ignored.
The first uncommented, non-blank line is used, all following lines are ignored.
Fields must be given in the following order, separated by white space:
- VERSION
- The major PostgreSQL version of the cluster to connect to.
- CLUSTER
- The name of a cluster to connect to.
- DATABASE
- Within the cluster, the database to which the user will connect by default if he does not specify a database on the command line. If this is *, the default database will be the one named by the user's login id.