Re: postgres --help-config

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgres --help-config
Date: 2003-10-16 17:54:58
Message-ID: 12199.1066326898@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I just realized that --help-config doesn't output the contents of
> postgresql.conf at all, but just the internal server defaults. Does the
> admin tool read postgresql.conf too and parse that to get the runtime
> values, and how does it know if the postmaster is using the current
> postgresql.conf contents or it needs a SIGHUP?

The tool is using the output to help people create postgresql.conf.
The postmaster isn't running.

regards, tom lane

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