Re: boolean options and postmaster documentation - Mailing list pgsql-patches
From | Bruce Momjian |
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Subject | Re: boolean options and postmaster documentation |
Date | |
Msg-id | 200206140502.g5E52cf03772@candle.pha.pa.us Whole thread Raw |
In response to | boolean options and postmaster documentation (snyder@roguewave.com) |
List | pgsql-patches |
Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at: http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgpatches I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- snyder@roguewave.com wrote: > The normal operation of our servers is to have tcpip_sockets enabled, > but occasionally I may need to shut down the server and restart it > w/o tcpip sockets. Postmaster has the -i option to turn on tcpip > connections, but it wasn't immediately clear how to easily or > temporarily turn it off (when it's been enabled in postgresql.conf). > > In fact, it wasn't clear to me until digging in to postmaster.c that > I could pass '-c tcpip_socket=false' or '--tcpip_socket=false'. > (And then of course when I looked more closely at the man page I > realized I'd missed the proper part of the documentation.) What I'd > been looking for is a flag that would have the opposite effect of > '-i', and it's conceivable that others will be looking for specific > flags to do the opposite of '-F' and '-S'. > > I was preparing to add options to postmaster until I realized that > maybe the solution is just to add some documentation. > > If you'd rather have 1 character options to accomplish this, I'd be > happy to do that-- adding those 9 lines of code is definitely within > my ability. :) (Although, the "right" letter to be the opposite of -S > isn't clear to me, since -s is already taken.) > > -ron > > Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.29 > diff -c -r1.29 postmaster.sgml > *** doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml 2002/04/21 19:02:39 1.29 > --- doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml 2002/06/08 21:54:15 > *************** > *** 145,152 **** > <para> > Disables <function>fsync</function> calls for performance > improvement, at the risk of data corruption in event of a > ! system crash. Read the detailed documentation before using this! > </para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > --- 145,158 ---- > <para> > Disables <function>fsync</function> calls for performance > improvement, at the risk of data corruption in event of a > ! system crash. This parameter corresponds to setting > ! fsync=false in postgresql.conf. Read the detailed > ! documentation before using this! > </para> > + <para> > + <option>--fsync=true</option> has the opposite effect > + of this option > + </para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > *************** > *** 169,175 **** > <para> > Allows clients to connect via TCP/IP (Internet domain) > connections. Without this option, only local Unix domain > ! socket connections are accepted. > </para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > --- 175,186 ---- > <para> > Allows clients to connect via TCP/IP (Internet domain) > connections. Without this option, only local Unix domain > ! socket connections are accepted. This option corresponds > ! to setting tcpip_socket=true in postgresql.conf. > ! </para> > ! <para> > ! <option>--tcpip_socket=false</option> has the opposite > ! effect of this option > </para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > *************** > *** 259,264 **** > --- 270,279 ---- > probably not what you want, since it makes it very difficult > to troubleshoot problems. See below for a better way to start > the <application>postmaster</application> in the background. > + </para> > + <para> > + <option>--silent_mode=false</option> has the opposite effect > + of this option > </para> > </listitem> > </varlistentry> > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo@postgresql.org > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
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