Re: Inconsistent description of "postmaster.opts"

"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu> writes:
> --- PG manual ---
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/storage.html
> postmaster.opts | A file recording the command-line options the postmaster
> was last started with

> So two inconsistences:
> (1) not necessarily postmaster;
> (2) if I starup postmaster by pg_ctl, then the information is not recorded
> here.

> Am I misunderstand something obviously?

Apparently, because your example fails to demonstrate either of the
claims you make. AFAICS pg_ctl started the postmaster with exactly
the argument that the file says.

regards, tom lane