PCP_COMMON_OPTIONS(1)

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✨ PCP_COMMON_OPTIONS ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for pcp_common_options, which lives in the pgpool-II 4.7.2 docs 🎀 it's literally the shared-options page for PCP commands — the little bundle of flags every single one of them has in common. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

pcp_common_options — the common options used in PCP commands 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pcp_command [option...]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically, there's a bunch of arguments that every PCP command shares. like, all of them. the majority of them are about authentication (yk, proving you're you), and the rest are the little quality-of-life ones — verbose mode, debug messages, that kinda thing. 🫶

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -h hostname, --host=hostname — the host name of the machine where the server's running, obvi. 🌈 but here's the slay detail: if that value starts with a slash (/), it gets used as the directory for the Unix-domain socket instead. iconic behaviour tbh.
  • -p port, --port=port — the PCP port number (default: "9898"). bc everything needs a door to knock on 🚪✨
  • -U username, --username=username — the user name you use for PCP authentication (default: the OS user name). so if you don't say anything, it just assumes you're... you. main character energy 💅
  • -w, --no-password — never prompt for a password (it should happen automatically anyway). and lowkey important: if a password isn't available from a .pcppass file, the connection attempt will fail 💀. this one is the MVP for batch jobs and scripts where there's literally nobody around to type a password, fr fr.
  • -W, --password — force the password prompt. yes, right now, we're doing this, no skipping 🔥
  • -d, --debug — enable debug messages 🐛
  • -v, --verbose — enable verbose output 🗣️
  • -V, --version — print the command version, then exit. bye bestie 👋
  • -?, --help — shows the help for the command line arguments, then exits. your lil cheat sheet 📝

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • PCPPASSFILE — specifies the path to the pcp password file. 🔑 keep it safe, keep it secret, keep it... in an env var ig.
ngl if you're writing scripts, -w + a proper .pcppass file is the duo. but remember — no password file, no connection. that's not a vibe, that's a fact 😭

okay that's the whole thing, you ate it up 💜 this was the pcp_common_options page from pgpool-II 4.7.2, dated 2023 — go forth and pcp, bestie 🎀🦋✨

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