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authorTom Lane2001-02-16 21:41:53 +0000
committerTom Lane2001-02-16 21:41:53 +0000
commit810c0b85d2e4ef54528c355b6019c4f3d6aa8351 (patch)
tree10cc5e53352f17c6782bc33bfc4205de645f6499 /contrib/pgbench/README.pgbench
parent64a1b6263db10d1241c23a9398d6ab1f017057de (diff)
Update README's install instructions to agree with current reality.
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diff --git a/contrib/pgbench/README.pgbench b/contrib/pgbench/README.pgbench
index 093f2b98696..d062b01e816 100644
--- a/contrib/pgbench/README.pgbench
+++ b/contrib/pgbench/README.pgbench
@@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ o features of pgbench
o How to install pgbench
- (1) Edit the first line in Makefile
+ (1) Configure and build the standard Postgres distribution.
- POSTGRESHOME = /usr/local/pgsql
+ You can get away with just running configure at the top level
+ and doing "make all" in src/interfaces/libpq.
- so that it points to the directory where PostgreSQL installed.
+ (2) Run make in this directory.
- (2) Run configure
-
- (3) Run make. You will see an executable file "pgbench" there.
+ You will see an executable file "pgbench". You can run it here,
+ or install it with the standard Postgres programs by doing
+ "make install".
o How to use pgbench?
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ o How to use pgbench?
where <dbname> is the name of database. pgbench uses four tables
accounts, branches, history and tellers. These tables will be
- destroyed. Be very carefully if you have tables having same
+ destroyed. Be very careful if you have tables having same
names. Default test data contains:
table # of tuples
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ o options
-p port
the port number that the backend is accepting. default is
- 5432.
+ libpq's default, usually 5432.
-c number_of_clients
Number of clients simulated. default is 1.
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ o options
-v
Do vacuuming before testing. This will take some time.
- Without both -n and -v pgbench will vacuum tellers and
+ With neither -n nor -v, pgbench will vacuum tellers and
branches tables only.
-S