Re: Local postgres manual

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 09:39:46AM -0400, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
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> > On Nov 3, 2023, at 9:18 AM, Ben Hancock <lists(at)benghancock(dot)com> wrote:
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> > Hi all:
> >
> > Does Postgres come with a local, full version of the manual installed
> > by default anywhere (i.e. akin to what is available on the website, but
> > in man, info, or plain-text format)? When I invoke `man postgres`, I do
> > get a very useful - but limited - manual page, which has references to chapters. For example:
> >
> > OPTIONS
> > postgres accepts the following command-line arguments. For a
> > detailed discussion of the options consult Chapter 20. ...
> >
> > Of course, I can pull up a browser and find the manual, or consult a
> > local PDF if I have a graphical display. But sometimes it may be convenient to view the the manual for the version of Postgres that is on the system, right there. Does one exist?
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> In addition to Bruce Momjian’s suggestion, I’ll add that you can make an HTML version of the manual from the source code. This is what I use and it works great for me.

Yes, we can do HTML too as a single file, postgres.html. What I don't
see is man page output for anything but the references pages, and as
separate files. It might be possible to convert the HTML to man format
using something like html2man.

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