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diff --git a/src/man/postmaster.1 b/src/man/postmaster.1 index de016b904c..14d2fc52e4 100644 --- a/src/man/postmaster.1 +++ b/src/man/postmaster.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... -.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.8 1997/11/07 21:25:07 momjian Exp $ +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/postmaster.1,v 1.9 1997/12/04 20:26:35 momjian Exp $ .TH POSTMASTER UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL .SH "NAME" postmaster \(em run the Postgres postmaster @@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ If the option string contains any spaces, the entire string must be quoted. .TP .BR "-p" " port" -Specifies the Internet TCP port on which the +Specifies the TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file extension +on which the .IR postmaster is to listen for connections from frontend applications. Defaults to 5432, or the value of the @@ -199,8 +200,6 @@ default port then all frontend application users must specify the same port (using command-line options or .SM PGPORT\c ) when starting any libpq application, including psql. -Local Unix domain sockets also use this port number as an identifier -to allow unix domain communication with multiple postmasters. .SH "WARNINGS" If at all possible, .BR "do not" |