Re: pg_ctl options checking

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Simon Riggs wrote:
> pg_ctl: Minor patch to implement option checking to prevent silently
> ignoring options and continuing with defaults.
>
> All of the following now cause errors:
>
> pg_ctl -D test -m logfile start
> pg_ctl -D test -U foo start
> pg_ctl -D test -W start
> pg_ctl -D test -w stop
> pg_ctl -D test -l fast stop
> etc.. (16 possible error combinations in total now checked)
>
> The following also fails, following the --help, though I think we might
> want to change this so that it does actually work:
>
> pg_ctl -D test -l logfile restart
>
> Patch against cvstip, make check, tested on long and short options.
>
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> Simon Riggs
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