using psql copy command

[David Bear]

I'm getting fairly frustrated here. I'm trying to populate a table
using psql copy command. The file lives in the client machine where
psql is running, not on the back end. I assume from the readings that
I can you the \copy command to get to data in my clients file system.
Yet, its not working.. Here are the commands:

***@moroni:~/data/copp/dev/npcenter> ls -l
total 231
-rw-r--r-- 1 3117 iddwb 88979 2004-11-08 16:32 contactName.txt
-rw------- 1 3117 iddwb 145024 2004-11-08 16:09 tblContactNames.txt

***@moroni:~/data/copp/dev/npcenter>
psql -p 5432 -h localhost npcenter -U david

npcenter=> \copy "contactName" from "/home/iddwb/data/copp/dev/npcenter/contact
Name.txt"
"/home/iddwb/data/copp/dev/npcenter/contactName.txt": No such file or
directory

npcenter=> \copy "contactName" from "./contactName.txt"
"./contactName.txt": No such file or directory
npcenter=>

I must be missing something very obvious.. Help...
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David Bear
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College of Public Programs/ASU
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Tempe, AZ 85287-0803
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[Tom Lane]

npcenter=> \copy "contactName" from "/home/iddwb/data/copp/dev/npcenter/contactName.txt"
"/home/iddwb/data/copp/dev/npcenter/contactName.txt": No such file or
directory
I must be missing something very obvious.. Help...

Use single quotes, or none at all, around the filename.

regards, tom lane

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