Command Line Parameters
There are a number of command line options that may be passed to the
pgAdmin executable when starting it.
- -h Display command line option help.
- -s <server description> Auto connect to the specified
server. <server description> is the description entered when you
added the server to the treeview in pgAdmin, quoted if required. If
multiple servers are registered with the same description, the first
found will be auto-connected.
- -S Open a Server Status window upon
connection. If used together with the -s <server
description> option, the server status window will automatically
be connected to this server. If used alone, a dialog box will appear
prompting for the connection information. This switch cannot be used
together with the -Sc <connection string> option.
- -Sc <connection string> Open a Server Status window upon connection. The server status
window will automatically be connected to the server specified in the
connection string. This option cannot be used together with the -S
switch.
- -q Open a Query Tool window upon
connection. If used together with the -s <server
description> option, the query tool will automatically be
connected to this server. If used alone, a dialog box will appear
prompting for the connection information. This switch cannot be used
together with the -qc <connection string> option.
- -qc <connection string> Open a Query Tool window upon connection. The query tool will
automatically be connected to the server specified in the connection
string. This option cannot be used together with the -q
switch.
- -f <SQL script> Automatically open the specified SQL
script in the Query Tool. Only useful with -q or
-qc.
- -ch <hba file> Edit the specified pg_hba.conf config
file.
- -cm <config file> Edit the specified postgresql.conf
config file.
- -cp <pgpass file> Edit the specified .pgpass/pgpass.conf
config file.
- -c <dir> Edit the config files in specified cluster
directory.
- -t Start in dialogue translation test mode. This mode allows
each dialogue to be viewed without running the application to assist with
string translation.