Re: Removing postgres -f command line option

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I think it is hard to argue that such a  user-visible flag is
> reasonable, even if it helps backend developers avoid some keystrokes.

> I think flags used only by backend developers should be things that can
> _only_ be done with flags.

Huh?  By that argument, we should remove every single postmaster command
line switch except "-c var=value", because all the other ones are
shorthands for that --- Peter went to some lengths awhile ago to make
that true.
        regards, tom lane