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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-03-09 09:18:44 -0500
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-03-09 09:19:24 -0500
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Improve wording of initdb and pg_controldata manual pages.REL9_1_ALPHA4
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@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
The <command>postgres</command> command can also be called in
single-user mode. The primary use for this mode is during
bootstrapping by <xref linkend="app-initdb">. Sometimes it is used
- for debugging or disaster recovery (but note that running a single-user
+ for debugging or disaster recovery; note that running a single-user
server is not truly suitable for debugging the server, since no
- realistic interprocess communication and locking will happen).
+ realistic interprocess communication and locking will happen.
When invoked in single-user
mode from the shell, the user can enter queries and the results
will be printed to the screen, but in a form that is more useful
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>-P</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Ignore system indexes when reading system tables (but still update
- the indexes when modifying the tables). This is useful when
+ Ignore system indexes when reading system tables, but still update
+ the indexes when modifying the tables. This is useful when
recovering from damaged system indexes.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -763,13 +763,11 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
To start <command>postgres</command> with a specific
- port:
+ port, e.g. 1234:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>postgres -p 1234</userinput>
</screen>
- This command will start up <command>postgres</command>
- communicating through the port 1234. In order to connect to this
- server using <application>psql</>, you would need to run it as
+ To connect to this server using <application>psql</>, specify this port with the -p option:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>psql -p 1234</userinput>
</screen>