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<cmdsynopsis>
<command>createdb</command>
<arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
- <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
<arg><replaceable>description</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the
<application>postmaster</application>
is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used
- as the directory for the Unix-domain socket.
+ as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>-p, --port <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file
- extension on which the <application>postmaster</application>
+ Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or the local Unix domain socket file
+ extension on which the <command>postmaster</command>
is listening for connections.
</para>
</listitem>
The options <literal>-D</literal>, <literal>-T</literal>, and
<literal>-E</literal> are converted into options for the underlying
SQL command <xref linkend="SQL-CREATEDATABASE"
- endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">, which see for more information
+ endterm="SQL-CREATEDATABASE-title">; see there for more information
about them.
</para>
</refsect2>
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<arg>-f <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg>-F <replaceable>format</replaceable></arg>
<arg>-i</arg>
- <sbr>
<group> <arg>-n</arg> <arg>-N</arg> </group>
<arg>-o</arg>
<arg>-O</arg>
<arg>-v</arg>
<arg>-x</arg>
<arg>-Z <replaceable>0...9</replaceable></arg>
- <sbr>
<arg>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></arg>
<arg>-p <replaceable>port</replaceable></arg>
<arg>-u</arg>
- <sbr>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refentry id="APP-PGRESTORE">
<docinfo>
<arg> -f <replaceable class="parameter">archive-file</replaceable> </arg>
<arg> -F <replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable> </arg>
<arg> -i <replaceable class="parameter">index</replaceable> </arg>
- <sbr>
<arg> -l </arg>
<arg> -L <replaceable class="parameter">contents-file</replaceable> </arg>
<group> <arg> -N </arg> <arg> -o </arg> <arg> -r </arg> </group>
<arg> -T <replaceable class="parameter">trigger</replaceable> </arg>
<arg> -v </arg>
<arg> -x </arg>
- <sbr>
<arg> -h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable> </arg>
<arg> -p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable> </arg>
<arg> -u </arg>
- <sbr>
<arg> <replaceable class="parameter">archive-file</replaceable> </arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
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</para>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1>
- <title>Diagnostics</title>
-
- <para>
- If pgaccess fails to start up, with an error message roughly like this:
-<screen>
-<computeroutput>
-Error in startup script: couldn't load file "libpgtcl.so": libpgtcl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
- while executing
-"load ${libpgtclpath}[info sharedlibextension]"
- (procedure "main" line 8)
- invoked from within
-"main $argc $argv"
- (file "/usr/local/pgsql/share/pgaccess/main.tcl" line 249)
-</computeroutput>
-</screen>
- then you need to configure your runtime linker to find the
- <filename>libpgtcl.so</filename> and <filename>libpq.so</filename>
- libraries, most likely by setting
- the <envar>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</envar> environment variable. Consult
- the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> installation instructions
- for more information.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
-
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
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<para>
The <filename>postgres</filename> executable is the actual
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server process that processes
- queries. The second form above is how
+ queries. It is normally not called directly; instead a <xref
+ linkend="app-postmaster"> multi-user server is started.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The second form above is how
<application>postgres</application> is invoked by the <xref
linkend="app-postmaster"> (only
conceptually, since both <filename>postmaster</filename> and
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>-f [ s | i | m | n | h ]</term>
+ <term>-f { s | i | m | n | h }</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Forbids the use of particular scan and join methods:
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<arg><arg>-d</arg> <replaceable>dbname</replaceable></arg>
<group><arg>--analyze</arg><arg>-z</arg></group>
<group><arg>--verbose</arg><arg>-v</arg></group>
- <sbr>
<arg>--table '<replaceable>table</replaceable>
<arg>( <replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable> [,...] )</arg>'
</arg>
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