diff --git a/src/bin/psql/command.c b/src/bin/psql/command.c
index 5a356b9b5ee17232aaac4fe03889ca967ab894aa..3f32f5d9d99b6a05bdcbb137592c63faf7222ea3 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/command.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/command.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v 1.211 2009/11/22 05:20:41 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v 1.212 2009/12/01 22:34:33 momjian Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 #include "command.h"
@@ -1691,8 +1691,13 @@ process_file(char *filename, bool single_txn)
 	if (!filename)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 
-	canonicalize_path(filename);
-	fd = fopen(filename, PG_BINARY_R);
+	if (strcmp(filename, "-") != 0)
+	{
+		canonicalize_path(filename);
+		fd = fopen(filename, PG_BINARY_R);
+	}
+	else
+		fd = stdin;
 
 	if (!fd)
 	{
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/startup.c b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
index 61658de7c33f30fe85d326fa903f38bb0208a5c7..1ce4d7533c8fc2743ca2e29e5e856287af0f9139 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/startup.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/startup.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/startup.c,v 1.156 2009/04/05 04:19:58 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/startup.c,v 1.157 2009/12/01 22:34:33 momjian Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/*
 	 * process file given by -f
 	 */
-	if (options.action == ACT_FILE && strcmp(options.action_string, "-") != 0)
+	if (options.action == ACT_FILE)
 	{
 		if (!options.no_psqlrc)
 			process_psqlrc(argv[0]);