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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>1997-11-07 21:25:07 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>1997-11-07 21:25:07 +0000
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Update postmaster manual page.
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diff --git a/src/man/postmaster.1 b/src/man/postmaster.1
index 406a49f2e89..de016b904cb 100644
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+++ b/src/man/postmaster.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.7 1997/08/26 17:30:07 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.8 1997/11/07 21:25:07 momjian Exp $
.TH POSTMASTER UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH "NAME"
postmaster \(em run the Postgres postmaster
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ backend_pathname]
.BR "-d"
[debug_level]]
[\c
+.BR "-i" \c
+]
+[\c
.BR "-n" \c
]
.br
@@ -139,6 +142,11 @@ send their debugging output then this output will appear on the
controlling tty of their parent
.IR postmaster .
.TP
+.BR "-i"
+This enables TCP/IP or Internet domain socket communication.
+Without this option, only local Unix domain socket communication is
+possible.
+.TP
.BR "-n" ", " "-s"
The
.IR "-s" " and " "-n"
@@ -191,6 +199,8 @@ default port then all frontend application users must specify the same
port (using command-line options or
.SM PGPORT\c
) when starting any libpq application, including psql.
+Local Unix domain sockets also use this port number as an identifier
+to allow unix domain communication with multiple postmasters.
.SH "WARNINGS"
If at all possible,
.BR "do not"