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postmaster/postgres options cleanup.

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Bruce Momjian
1998-05-27 18:32:05 +00:00
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.\" 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
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.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
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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<6F>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
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.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.
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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