From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: use of '=' in long options documentation |
Date: | 2011-03-09 16:47:00 |
Message-ID: | 201103091647.p29Gl1J13261@momjian.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On tis, 2011-03-08 at 22:32 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Looking at our ref pages, I see some manual pages specify long options
> > that take arguments using '=', e.g. initdb.sgml:
> >
> > --long-opt=opt
> >
> > and some do not, e.g. pg_dump.sgml:
> >
> > --long-opt opt
> >
> > So, which should we use, for consistency?
>
> Using = is more common usage, I think.
Yeah! Someone chimed in with a vote! I will update the docs, but not
adjust any summary that has a space after the equals, e.g. initdb.
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