At 2014-09-24 09:25:12 -0400, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
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> What's so hard about [ -D ] before the datadir argument?
I'm sorry to have given you the impression that I objected to it because
it was hard. Since I proposed the same thing a few lines after what you
quoted, I guess I have to agree it's not hard.
I think it's pointless, because if you're going to look at the usage
message to begin with, why not do what it already says? But I don't
care enough to argue about it any further.
Patches attached.
-- Abhijit
P.S. Trivia: I can't find any other options in Postgres where the
argument is mandatory but the option is optional.