19.18. Short Options # For convenience there are also single letter command-line option switches available for some parameters. They are described in Table 19.5. 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 19.5. Short Option Key Short Option Equivalent -B x shared_buffers = x -d x log_min_messages = DEBUGx -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 x listen_addresses = x -i listen_addresses = '*' -k x unix_socket_directories = x -l ssl = on -N x max_connections = x -O allow_system_table_mods = on -p x port = x -P ignore_system_indexes = on -s log_statement_stats = on -S x work_mem = x -tpa, -tpl, -te log_parser_stats = on, log_planner_stats = on, log_executor_stats = on -W x post_auth_delay = x