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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2023-03-21 08:01:12 +0100
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2023-03-21 08:05:23 +0100
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pg_waldump: Allow hexadecimal values for -t/--timeline option
This makes it easier to specify values taken directly from WAL file names. The option parsing is arranged in the style of option_parse_int() (but we need to parse unsigned int), to allow future refactoring in the same manner. Reviewed-by: Sébastien Lardière <sebastien@lardiere.net> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/8fef346e-2541-76c3-d768-6536ae052993@lardiere.net
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@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Timeline from which to read WAL records. The default is to use the
value in <replaceable>startseg</replaceable>, if that is specified; otherwise, the
- default is 1.
+ default is 1. The value can be specified in decimal or hexadecimal,
+ for example <literal>17</literal> or <literal>0x11</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>