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<refsect1 id="app-pg-ctl-options">
<title>Options</title>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-c</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Attempt to allow server crashes to produce core files, on platforms
+ where this available, by lifting any soft resource limit placed on
+ them.
+ This is useful in debugging or diagnosing problems by allowing a
+ stack trace to be obtained from a failed server process.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-D <replaceable class="parameter">datadir</replaceable></option></term>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-c</option></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Attempt to allow server crashes to produce core files, on platforms
- where this available, by lifting any soft resource limit placed on
- them.
- This is useful in debugging or diagnosing problems by allowing a
- stack trace to be obtained from a failed server process.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-w</option></term>
<listitem>