diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
index a3b045e219ca91752a77db4ae6fc2667a5b8507c..43cf4ad1d504aee37c659214ed948f7689a9463a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq++.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.18 2000/11/13 15:18:07 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.19 2000/11/22 01:41:12 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpqplusplus">
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.18 2000/11/13 15:18:
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGHOST</envar> sets the default server name.
- If a non-zero-length string is specified, TCP/IP communication is used.
- Without a host name, libpq will connect using a local Unix domain socket.
+ If it begins with a slash, it is used
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/libpq++.sgml,v 1.18 2000/11/13 15:18:
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> sets the full Unix domain socket
- file name for communicating with the <productname>Postgres</productname>
+ <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> sets the Unix domain socket
+ directory for communicating with the <productname>Postgres</productname>
backend.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index bb6dc844a1b37efbaa79165c5c52e669e993741b..12da7edcca105e402cb0649a585412e09b643f65 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.47 2000/11/14 01:53:37 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.48 2000/11/22 01:41:12 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq-chapter">
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo)
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.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo)
<term><literal>unixsocket</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Full path to Unix-domain socket file to connect to at the server host.
+ Directory for Unix-domain socket file.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ char *PQport(const PGconn *conn)
<listitem>
<para>
<function>PQunixsocket</function>
- Returns the name of the Unix-domain socket of the connection.
+ Returns the directory of the Unix-domain socket of the connection.
<synopsis>
char *PQunixsocket(const PGconn *conn)
</synopsis>
@@ -1839,9 +1839,8 @@ application programs.
<listitem>
<para>
<envar>PGHOST</envar> sets the default server name.
-If it beings with a slash, it is used as the path to a unix domain
+If it beings with a slash, it is used as the directory for the unix domain
socket.
-Without a host name, libpq will connect using a local Unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
index eb5292cdc41db48f61142124522eec9b78323a8b..edb52210063b8c77a8f971504d07f422da11d6e0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/13 23:57:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.15 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
index 3e8242481f6cbd91be7a270df726d1a5ebebad24..03aa19d3e7899074fe6e219cc4f04f7f660fd059 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.13 2000/11/13 23:57:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
index 2a735900a54dc7722af729d29331411aa138d587..ee76f73abf438bced4767fe154b12d2257a57278 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.13 2000/11/13 23:57:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
index ab57c8c883bb7f4e56d34e9baa1354cba4f8edf4..fba806e0351703424f29d48dd80a84041b0029ff 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.7 2000/11/13 23:57:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.8 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
index 531d9859f700c2ecc20a614c4ab95db7aa88a70e..41ba3ae042049d3317c631d188f05088136788e6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml,v 1.7 2000/11/13 23:57:19 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml,v 1.8 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
index 7b2a2ee9d4f81c83ded5134157d3c7dbd3465aed..4f7d1fc3a8b764312714082142b3e684f9e39b86 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.8 2000/11/13 23:57:20 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.9 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 452cdbf253d5530ec224f412c08209af315a3d16..925e5c72cf8c12014518f0b42bf18e435b7ac7fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.24 2000/11/21 15:39:09 pjw Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.25 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pg_dump [ -h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable> ]
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index a75a0c5e1c4b1c8a3a991c52b1cb7f422da7f78e..907dcbb3b2d931c611cf6b27f0f460e7621c0f51 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/13 23:57:20 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.15 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pg_dumpall [ -h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable> ] [ -p <replac
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
index 1af53a473842942dfa208289664bdbaf0cabe684..8af8226d9485ca8166b5b604fdeccaa05e225ac6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ pg_restore [ <replaceable class="parameter">archive-file</replaceable> ]
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
index 0c9d1eb32c7a29280763839f33221f042bd39c88..beb6c0ee93f661301e00cc4a85c36e5ec8148298 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.15 2000/11/14 18:11:31 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.16 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -188,13 +188,12 @@ Postgres documentation
<term>-k <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the Unix domain socket file name on which the
+ Specifies the directory for Unix domain socket on which the
<application>postmaster</application> is to listen for
connections from client applications. Defaults to the value
of the <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> environment variable, or if
<envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> is not set, then defaults to a
- file in <filename>/tmp</filename> constructed from the port
- number.
+ file in <filename>/tmp</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 69075391d6aaf86bc77b51cc687bfcc2471832d2..a90e98cd7bfb46817c684b7120de39b24a99b3a7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.43 2000/11/13 23:57:20 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.44 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ Access permissions for database "test"
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application> is running.
If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
index 69e9888f56fbcdb1db22c75c2b3019af230c87c7..438af3159cc7a87ebe0c0631f32ed95e29ed1b9f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.13 2000/11/13 23:57:20 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.14 2000/11/22 01:41:13 momjian Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Postgres documentation
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the path to a unix domain socket.
+ as the directory for the unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 510c49a62f8bdb0631d8c9d28165840bd093c710..ffe87c536735cd4405e0e3500c8f0fce6462777c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.37 2000/11/15 18:36:03 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.38 2000/11/22 01:41:12 momjian Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1063,13 +1063,12 @@ env PGOPTIONS='-c geqo=off' psql
<term>UNIXSOCKET (<type>string</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the Unix domain socket file name on which the
+ Specifies the directory of the Unix domain socket on which the
<application>postmaster</application> is to listen for
connections from client applications. Defaults to the value
of the <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> environment variable, or if
- <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> is not set, then defaults to a
- file in <filename>/tmp</filename> constructed from the port
- number.
+ <envar>PGUNIXSOCKET</envar> is not set, then defaults to
+ <filename>/tmp</filename>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/include/libpq/pqcomm.h b/src/include/libpq/pqcomm.h
index b013014ef3ee7f57b8e060f17f25af27909631e2..4d55d4a94bd38bc66f44018abbcc81298fbb3776 100644
--- a/src/include/libpq/pqcomm.h
+++ b/src/include/libpq/pqcomm.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $Id: pqcomm.h,v 1.45 2000/11/15 18:36:06 petere Exp $
+ * $Id: pqcomm.h,v 1.46 2000/11/22 01:41:14 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -51,17 +51,16 @@ typedef union SockAddr
/* Configure the UNIX socket address for the well known port. */
#if defined(SUN_LEN)
-#define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
- ((defpath && defpath[0] != '\0') ? (strncpy((sun).sun_path, defpath, sizeof((sun).sun_path)), (sun).sun_path[sizeof((sun).sun_path)-1] = '\0') : sprintf((sun).sun_path, "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.%d", (port)))
#define UNIXSOCK_LEN(sun) \
(SUN_LEN(&(sun)))
#else
-#define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
- ((defpath && defpath[0] != '\0') ? (strncpy((sun).sun_path, defpath, sizeof((sun).sun_path)), (sun).sun_path[sizeof((sun).sun_path)-1] = '\0') : sprintf((sun).sun_path, "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.%d", (port)))
#define UNIXSOCK_LEN(sun) \
(strlen((sun).sun_path)+ offsetof(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path))
#endif
+#define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
+ (snprintf((sun).sun_path, UNIXSOCK_LEN(sun), "%s/.s.PGSQL.%d", (defpath && *(defpath) != '\0') ? (defpath) : "/tmp", (port)))
+
/*
* We do this because sun_len is in BSD's struct, while others don't.
* We never actually set BSD's sun_len, and I can't think of a