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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>1998-05-27 18:32:05 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>1998-05-27 18:32:05 +0000
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postmaster/postgres options cleanup.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postgres.1,v 1.10 1998/01/26 01:42:51 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postgres.1,v 1.11 1998/05/27 18:32:05 momjian Exp $
.TH POSTGRESQL UNIX 12/08/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
postgres - the Postgres backend server
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ postgres - the Postgres backend server
.BR "-B"
n_buffers]
[\c
+.BR "-C"
+]
+[\c
.BR "-D"
data_directory]
[\c
@@ -18,7 +21,6 @@ data_directory]
[\c
.BR "-F"
]
-.br
[\c
.BR "-P"
filedes]
@@ -29,21 +31,20 @@ filedes]
.BR "-S n_buffers"
]
[\c
-.BR "-e"
-]
-[\c
-.BR "-v protocol"
-]
-.br
-[\c
.BR "-d"
debug_level]
[\c
+.BR "-e"
+]
+[\c
.BR "-o"
output_file]
[\c
.BR "-s"
]
+[\c
+.BR "-v protocol"
+]
[dbname]
.in -5n
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,7 +65,20 @@ environment variable.
The
.IR postgres
server understands the following command-line options:
-.TP 5n
+.TP
+.BR "-B" " n_buffers"
+If the backend is running under the
+.IR postmaster ,
+.IR "n_buffers"
+is the number of shared-memory buffers that the
+.IR "postmaster"
+has allocated for the backend server processes that it starts. If the
+backend is running standalone, this specifies the number of buffers to
+allocate. This value defaults to 64, and each buffer is 8k bytes.
+.TP
+.BR "-C"
+Do not show server version number.
+.TP
.BR "-D" " data_directory"
This option specifies the pathname of the directory that contains the
database system data (the tables, the catalogs, etc.). If you don't
@@ -77,16 +91,6 @@ the database system is created with
with a --pgdata option to
.IR initdb .
.TP
-.BR "-B" " n_buffers"
-If the backend is running under the
-.IR postmaster ,
-.IR "n_buffers"
-is the number of shared-memory buffers that the
-.IR "postmaster"
-has allocated for the backend server processes that it starts. If the
-backend is running standalone, this specifies the number of buffers to
-allocate. This value defaults to 64, and each buffer is 8k bytes.
-.TP
.BR "-E"
Echo all queries.
.TP
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ buffers.
.BR "-v" " protocol"
Specifies the number of the frontend/backend protocol to be used for this
particular session.
-.SH "DEPRECATED COMMAND OPTIONS"
+.SH "DEVELOPER COMMAND OPTIONS"
There are several other options that may be specified, used mainly
for debugging purposes. These are listed here only for the use by
Postgres system developers.
@@ -184,6 +188,9 @@ disable nested-loop, merge and hash joins respectively.
This is another feature that may not necessarily produce executable
plans.
.TP
+.BR "-i"
+Prevents query execution, but shows the plan tree.
+.TP
.BR "-p"
Indicates to the backend server that it has been started by a
.IR postmaster