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diff --git a/src/man/postgres.1 b/src/man/postgres.1 index 6f1a935dd88..e39c614b173 100644 --- a/src/man/postgres.1 +++ b/src/man/postgres.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... -.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postgres.1,v 1.2 1996/12/07 04:39:38 momjian Exp $ +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postgres.1,v 1.3 1996/12/11 00:28:00 momjian Exp $ .TH POSTGRES95 UNIX 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95 .SH NAME postgres \(em the Postgres backend server @@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ postgres \(em the Postgres backend server .BR "-B" n_buffers] [\c +.BR "-D" +data_directory] +[\c .BR "-E" ] [\c .BR "-F" ] +.br [\c .BR "-P" filedes] @@ -22,7 +26,6 @@ filedes] .BR "-Q" ] .br -.in +5n [\c .BR "-d" debug_level] @@ -53,6 +56,18 @@ The .IR postgres server understands the following command-line options: .TP 5n +.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 +specify this option, Postgres uses the value of the PGDATA environment +variable. You must either specify a -D option or set PGDATA. + +The data directory pathname for a database system is normally determined when +the database system is created with +.IR initdb , +with a --pgdata option to +.IR initdb . +.TP .BR "-B" " n_buffers" If the backend is running under the .IR postmaster , @@ -67,7 +82,7 @@ allocate. This value defaults to 64. Echo all queries. .TP .BR "-F" -Disbable automatic fsync() call after each transaction. +Disable automatic fsync() call after each transaction. This option improves performance, but an operating system crash while a transaction is in progress will probably cause data loss. .TP |