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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2012-06-13 13:41:25 +0300
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2012-06-13 13:41:25 +0300
commitc0a6f9c84bedc745af2a3bf1dee5e2a4e79b46af (patch)
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parentf871ef74a5560377d541e6d94704f30bcbcdb779 (diff)
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Improve documentation of postgres -C option
Clarify help (s/return/print/), and explain that this option is for use by other programs, not for user-facing use (it does not print units).
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-rw-r--r--src/backend/main/main.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/main/main.c b/src/backend/main/main.c
index a63ebe3d108..7203481a04b 100644
--- a/src/backend/main/main.c
+++ b/src/backend/main/main.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
#endif
printf(_(" -B NBUFFERS number of shared buffers\n"));
printf(_(" -c NAME=VALUE set run-time parameter\n"));
- printf(_(" -C NAME return run-time parameter\n"));
+ printf(_(" -C NAME print value of run-time parameter, then exit\n"));
printf(_(" -d 1-5 debugging level\n"));
printf(_(" -D DATADIR database directory\n"));
printf(_(" -e use European date input format (DMY)\n"));