From 2a7f6366409d54e9a61e2b7ba0277b7cdf15dbdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 03:54:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] pg_ctl: Improve --help output

All other --help output has = signs between long options and their
arguments, so do it here as well.
---
 src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
index 0ce496fa163..26dd30cbb5d 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_ctl/pg_ctl.c
@@ -1762,9 +1762,9 @@ do_help(void)
 #endif
 
 	printf(_("\nCommon options:\n"));
-	printf(_("  -D, --pgdata DATADIR   location of the database storage area\n"));
+	printf(_("  -D, --pgdata=DATADIR   location of the database storage area\n"));
 	printf(_("  -s, --silent           only print errors, no informational messages\n"));
-	printf(_("  -t, --timeout SECS     seconds to wait when using -w option\n"));
+	printf(_("  -t, --timeout=SECS     seconds to wait when using -w option\n"));
 	printf(_("  -w                     wait until operation completes\n"));
 	printf(_("  -W                     do not wait until operation completes\n"));
 	printf(_("  --help                 show this help, then exit\n"));
@@ -1778,12 +1778,12 @@ do_help(void)
 #else
 	printf(_("  -c, --core-files       not applicable on this platform\n"));
 #endif
-	printf(_("  -l, --log FILENAME     write (or append) server log to FILENAME\n"));
+	printf(_("  -l, --log=FILENAME     write (or append) server log to FILENAME\n"));
 	printf(_("  -o OPTIONS             command line options to pass to postgres\n"
 	 "                         (PostgreSQL server executable) or initdb\n"));
 	printf(_("  -p PATH-TO-POSTGRES    normally not necessary\n"));
 	printf(_("\nOptions for stop or restart:\n"));
-	printf(_("  -m, --mode MODE        MODE can be \"smart\", \"fast\", or \"immediate\"\n"));
+	printf(_("  -m, --mode=MODE        MODE can be \"smart\", \"fast\", or \"immediate\"\n"));
 
 	printf(_("\nShutdown modes are:\n"));
 	printf(_("  smart       quit after all clients have disconnected\n"));
-- 
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