Re: pg_ctl initdb takes options, but pg_ctl --help doesn't document them? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pg_ctl initdb takes options, but pg_ctl --help doesn't document them?
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Msg-id 520E8957.9040004@gmx.net
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In response to pg_ctl initdb takes options, but pg_ctl --help doesn't document them?  (Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@jamponi.net>)
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On 8/15/13 2:58 PM, Jon Nelson wrote:
> Taking a look at PostgreSQL HEAD today, I noticed that pg_ctl
> documents that pg_ctl initdb takes OPTIONS but doesn't document them
> (unlike for start and others).
> 
> Is this intentional?

The man page tells you that those are the options for regular initdb.  I
don't think we should replicate the initdb --help output in pg_ctl.
Perhaps it can be made a bit clearer without any duplication.




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