Added README notes

rheinwerk-verlag · Jun 10, 2024 · 87ba777 · 87ba777
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@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ Example call:
         --dump-file=/tmp/dump.gz \
         -v
 
+So that the password for dumping does not have to be entered manually, it can also be entered as an environment var
+``PGPASSWORD``:
+
+.. code-block::
+
+    $ PGPASSWORD=password pganonymize --schema=myschema.yml \
+        --dbname=test_database \
+        --user=username \
+        --password=mysecret \
+        --host=db.host.example.com \
+        --dump-file=/tmp/dump.gz \
+        -v
+
+.. warning::
+
+    Currently only the ``dump-file`` operation supports environment variables.
+
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