Euler Taveira de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dmitry D. Khlebnikov wrote: >> The man page for postgres(1) has a wrong description of the '-S' option. >> Previously, the '-S' option means that postgres will start in the 'silent' >> mode, but in version 8.2 the '-S' option describes the amount of memory for >> sorts. >> > I think you change the order, in 8.1 -S option describes the amount of > memory but in 8.2 it describes the silent mode.
No, Dmitry has it right: the man page is mistaken. You can still get silent mode but you have to use the long-form option (--silent-mode=1). I've corrected the documentation error in CVS. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend