On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 09:38:42PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote: > I did notice this, but I had the opposite reaction.
Ahah, well ;) > Take the following examples of client programs that accept one non-option: > > ~$ pg_resetwal a b c > pg_resetwal: error: too many command-line arguments (first is "b") > pg_resetwal: hint: Try "pg_resetwal --help" for more information. > > Yet pg_ctl gives: > > ~$ pg_ctl start a b c > pg_ctl: too many command-line arguments (first is "start") > Try "pg_ctl --help" for more information. > > In this example, isn't "a" the first extra non-option that should be > reported? Good point. This is interpreting "first" as being the first option that's invalid. Here my first impression was that pg_ctl got that right, where "first" refers to the first subcommand that would be valid. Objection withdrawn. -- Michael
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