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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-01-21 18:42:46 -0500
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2011-01-21 18:42:46 -0500
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Fix broken markup, also minor copy-editing.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgtestfsync.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgtestfsync.sgml
index e4b7ecaaa3e..d5358a95e4b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgtestfsync.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgtestfsync.sgml
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
<para>
<application>pg_test_fsync</> is intended to give you a reasonable
- idea of what the fastest fsync_method is on your specific system,
+ idea of what the fastest <xref linkend="guc-wal-sync-method"> is on your
+ specific system,
as well as supplying diagnostic information in the event of an
- identified I/O problem. However, differences shown by test_fsync
+ identified I/O problem. However, differences shown by pg_test_fsync
might not make any difference in real database throughput, especially
since many database servers are not speed-limited by their transaction
logs.
@@ -20,11 +21,13 @@
<sect2>
<title>Usage</title>
- <sect2>
- <title><application>pg_test_fsync</> Options</title>
+<synopsis>
+pg_test_fsync [options]
+</synopsis>
<para>
- <application>pg_test_fsync</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
+ <application>pg_test_fsync</application> accepts the following
+ command-line options:
<variablelist>
@@ -33,9 +36,10 @@
<term><option>--filename</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the filename for test. The file should be in the
- same file system as the <filename>pg_xlog</> directory.
- <filename>/pg_xlog</> contains the <acronym>WAL</> files.)
+ Specifies the filename to write test data in.
+ This file should be in the same file system that the
+ <filename>pg_xlog</> directory is or will be placed in.
+ (<filename>pg_xlog</> contains the <acronym>WAL</> files.)
The default is <filename>test_fsync.out</> in the current
directory.
</para>
@@ -48,8 +52,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the number of operations per test. The more operations
- per test, the greater the test's accuracy. The default is
- 2000.
+ per test, the greater the test's accuracy, but the longer it takes
+ to run. The default is 2000.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>