diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/initdb/initdb.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml index 74008a9a82f..bdd613e77ff 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml @@ -525,6 +525,18 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="app-initdb-option-show"> + <term><option>-s</option></term> + <term><option>--show</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Show internal settings and exit, without doing anything else. This + can be used to debug the <application>initdb</application> + installation. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="app-initdb-option-sync-method"> <term><option>--sync-method=<replaceable>method</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c index 12ae194067f..f00718a0150 100644 --- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c +++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c @@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ usage(const char *progname) printf(_(" -n, --no-clean do not clean up after errors\n")); printf(_(" -N, --no-sync do not wait for changes to be written safely to disk\n")); printf(_(" --no-instructions do not print instructions for next steps\n")); - printf(_(" -s, --show show internal settings\n")); + printf(_(" -s, --show show internal settings, then exit\n")); printf(_(" --sync-method=METHOD set method for syncing files to disk\n")); printf(_(" -S, --sync-only only sync database files to disk, then exit\n")); printf(_("\nOther options:\n")); |