Re: postgres --help-config

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgres --help-config
Date: 2003-10-15 23:12:14
Message-ID: 14397.1066259534@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Agreed. I like --dump-config. Better to have the verb first.

My only objection to that is that "dump" suggests you will get some kind
of snapshot of current settings, which is not what this facility does.

I don't have an especially good alternative though ... "--describe-config"
is the only thought that comes to mind right away.

regards, tom lane

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