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

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql(at)jamponi(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl initdb takes options, but pg_ctl --help doesn't document them?
Date: 2013-08-16 20:19:35
Message-ID: 520E8957.9040004@gmx.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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