FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Peter Chase wrote:
> I'm trying to use fisql and bsqldb in a bash script and I'm having
> problems finding a way to hide the password from the ps command without
> requiring user input.

Yeah, it's a problem.  On my agenda for some time is adding the ability to
use $HOME/.netrc for that purpose, as some ftp clients do.  sqsh uses
.sqshrc to do the same thing (except limited to one
server+username+password tuple).  

It would be a welcome patch.  

--jkl