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For convenience there are also single letter command-line option switches available for some parameters. They are described in Table 17-1.
Table 17-1. Short option key
| Short option | Equivalent |
|---|---|
| -B x | shared_buffers = x |
| -d x | log_min_messages = DEBUGx |
| -F | fsync = off |
| -h x | listen_addresses = x |
| -i | listen_addresses = '*' |
| -k x | unix_socket_directory = x |
| -l | ssl = on |
| -N x | max_connections = x |
| -p x | port = x |
| -fb, -fh, -fi, -fm, -fn, -fs, -ft[a] | enable_bitmapscan = off, enable_hashjoin = off, enable_indexscan = off, enable_mergejoin = off, enable_nestloop = off, enable_seqscan = off, enable_tidscan = off |
| -s[a] | log_statement_stats = on |
| -S x[a] | work_mem = x |
| -tpa, -tpl, -te[a] | log_parser_stats = on, log_planner_stats = on, log_executor_stats = on |
| Notes: a. For historical reasons, these options must be passed to the individual server process via the -o postmaster option, for example, $ postmaster -o '-S 1024 -s' or via PGOPTIONS from the client side, as explained above. | |
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