Re: postgres --help-config - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: postgres --help-config
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Msg-id 3F8D4CAC.1010303@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: postgres --help-config  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>>I propose we rip out everything except --help-config -m that shows the
>>information in the "machine-readable" tab separated format without
>>headers.  If someone can answer the two questions above.
>>    
>>
>
>I just proposed that as --help-config-raw.  I don't think we want to
>head in the direction of having flags like -m be useful only if
>preceeded by a --help-config flag --- it is too confusing.  I think
>--help-config and --help-config-raw is all we will ever need.
>
>  
>
Or you could allow --help-config to take an optional argument of "raw".

I agree that having flag interdependencies like the original is confusing.

Just a thought.

cheers

andrew



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