Re: Why does pg_checksums -r not have a long option?

On 2019-05-28 04:56, Michael Paquier wrote:
> You could also use a long option for that without a one-letter option,
> like --file-path or such, so reserving a one-letter option for a
> future, hypothetical use is not really a stopper in my opinion.  In
> consequence, I think that that it is fine to just use -f/--filenode.
> Any objections or better suggestions from other folks here?

I think -r/--relfilenode was actually a good suggestion.  Because it
doesn't actually check a *file* but potentially several files (forks,
segments).  The -f naming makes it sound like it operates on a specific
file.

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