19.18. Short Options
For convenience there are also single letter command-line option switches available for some parameters. They are described in Table 19.3 . Some of these options exist for historical reasons, and their presence as a single-letter option does not necessarily indicate an endorsement to use the option heavily.
Table 19.3. Short Option Key
| Short Option | Equivalent | 
|---|---|
| 
        -B
        
          | 
        shared_buffers =
        
          | 
| 
        -d
        
          | 
        log_min_messages = DEBUG
        
          | 
| 
        -e
        | 
        datestyle = euro
        | 
| 
        -fb
       ,
        -fh
       ,
        -fi
       ,
        -fm
       ,
        -fn
       ,
        -fo
       ,
        -fs
       ,
        -ft
        | 
        enable_bitmapscan = off
       ,
        enable_hashjoin = off
       ,
        enable_indexscan = off
       ,
        enable_mergejoin = off
       ,
        enable_nestloop = off
       ,
        enable_indexonlyscan = off
       ,
        enable_seqscan = off
       ,
        enable_tidscan = off
        | 
| 
        -F
        | 
        fsync = off
        | 
| 
        -h
        
          | 
        listen_addresses =
        
          | 
| 
        -i
        | 
        listen_addresses = '*'
        | 
| 
        -k
        
          | 
        unix_socket_directories =
        
          | 
| 
        -l
        | 
        ssl = on
        | 
| 
        -N
        
          | 
        max_connections =
        
          | 
| 
        -O
        | 
        allow_system_table_mods = on
        | 
| 
        -p
        
          | 
        port =
        
          | 
| 
        -P
        | 
        ignore_system_indexes = on
        | 
| 
        -s
        | 
        log_statement_stats = on
        | 
| 
        -S
        
          | 
        work_mem =
        
          | 
| 
        -tpa
       ,
        -tpl
       ,
        -te
        | 
        log_parser_stats = on
       ,
        log_planner_stats = on
       ,
        log_executor_stats = on
        | 
| 
        -W
        
          | 
        post_auth_delay =
        
          |