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diff --git a/src/man/createdb.1 b/src/man/createdb.1 index 5a940d35fc2..1831b6228a1 100644 --- a/src/man/createdb.1 +++ b/src/man/createdb.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... -.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/createdb.1,v 1.3 1997/08/26 17:29:54 momjian Exp $ +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/createdb.1,v 1.4 1997/11/07 06:33:57 thomas Exp $ .TH CREATEDB UNIX 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL .SH NAME createdb \(em create a database @@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ host] [\c .BR -p port] +[\c +.BR -D +location] [dbname] .SH DESCRIPTION -.IR Createdb +.BR createdb creates a new database. The person who executes this command becomes the database administrator, or DBA, for this database and is the only person, other than the Postgres super-user, who can destroy it. @@ -42,12 +45,12 @@ The optional argument .IR dbname specifies the name of the database to be created. The name must be unique among all Postgres databases. -.IR Dbname +.IR dbname defaults to the value of the .SM USER environment variable. .PP -.IR Createdb +.IR createdb understands the following command-line options: .TP 5n .BR "-a" " system" @@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ to use in connecting to the .IR postmaster process. The default is site-specific. .TP +.BR "-D" " dbpath" +Specifies the alternate database location for this database. +.TP .BR "-h" " host" Specifies the hostname of the machine on which the .IR postmaster |