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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2014-07-15 14:32:55 -0400
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2014-07-15 15:08:16 -0400
commite806da6bdbe9544e061b635f33b8ee561094b4d0 (patch)
tree4114d66ebe1523b07464c78e039f70d9147e301a /src
parent0f43a55331c5697caa2054189ad8d1e717ccb192 (diff)
pg_basebackup: Add more information about --max-rate option to help output
It was previously not clear what unit the option argument should have.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index b119fc088cc..5df2eb8c0db 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ usage(void)
printf(_("\nOptions controlling the output:\n"));
printf(_(" -D, --pgdata=DIRECTORY receive base backup into directory\n"));
printf(_(" -F, --format=p|t output format (plain (default), tar)\n"));
- printf(_(" -r, --max-rate=RATE maximum transfer rate to transfer data directory\n"));
+ printf(_(" -r, --max-rate=RATE maximum transfer rate to transfer data directory\n"
+ " (in kB/s, or use suffix \"k\" or \"M\")\n"));
printf(_(" -R, --write-recovery-conf\n"
" write recovery.conf after backup\n"));
printf(_(" -T, --tablespace-mapping=OLDDIR=NEWDIR\n"