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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.7 1997/08/26 17:30:07 momjian Exp $
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.8 1997/11/07 21:25:07 momjian Exp $
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.TH POSTMASTER UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
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.SH "NAME"
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postmaster \(em run the Postgres postmaster
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.BR "-d"
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[debug_level]]
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[\c
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.BR "-i" \c
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]
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[\c
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.BR "-n" \c
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controlling tty of their parent
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.IR postmaster .
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.TP
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.BR "-i"
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This enables TCP/IP or Internet domain socket communication.
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Without this option, only local Unix domain socket communication is
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possible.
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.TP
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.BR "-n" ", " "-s"
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The
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port (using command-line options or
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.SM PGPORT\c
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) when starting any libpq application, including psql.
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Local Unix domain sockets also use this port number as an identifier
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to allow unix domain communication with multiple postmasters.
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.SH "WARNINGS"
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If at all possible,
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.BR "do not"

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