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Re: Inconsistent terminology for -j/--jobs option in documentation

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tatsuro Yamada <yamatattsu@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-01-10T04:03:38Z
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On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:48:21AM +0900, Tatsuro Yamada wrote:
> To double-check, I also looked at the documentation for vacuumdb,
> reindexdb, and pg_upgrade, and all of them use "njobs".

As far as I can see:
$ cd doc && git grep "number-of-jobs" | wc -l
3
$ cd doc && git grep "njobs" | wc -l
14

While it is minor, I agree that we could just make things consistent
across the board as you are suggesting, so LGTM.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. doc: Improve description of pg_restore --jobs