pg_conftool(1)

pg_conftool1

Read and edit postgresql cluster configuration files

Usage

pg_conftool [options] [version cluster] [configfile] command

Overview

pg_conftool allows showing and setting parameters in PostgreSQL configuration files.

If version cluster is omitted, it defaults to the default cluster (see user_clusters(5) and postgresqlrc(5)). If configfile is omitted, it defaults to postgresql.conf. configfile can also be a path, in which case version cluster is ignored.

Options

-b, --boolean

Format boolean value as on or off (not for "show all").

-s, --short

Show only the value (instead of key = value pair).

-v, --verbose

Verbose output.

--help

Print help.

Commands

show parameter|all

Show a parameter, or all present in this config file.

set parameter value

Set or update a parameter.

remove parameter

Remove (comment out) a parameter from a config file.

edit

Open the config file in an editor. Unless $EDITOR is set, vi is used.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13

--boolean since Debian 10 (Buster); -b since Debian 10 (Buster).

Author

Christoph Berg <[email protected]>

From postgresql-common 278 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.