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PGPOOL(8)							     PGPOOL(8)

NAME
       pgpool - PostgreSQL connection pool daemon

SYNOPSIS
       pgpool [ -c] [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ]
       [ -n ] [ -d ]

       pgpool [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ] [ -m
       {s[mart]|f[ast]|i[mmediate]} ] stop

       pgpool [ -f config_file ] [ -F pcp_config_file ] [ -a hba_file ] reload

DESCRIPTION
       pgpool is a connection pool server for PostgreSQL.  pgpool runs between
       PostgreSQL's client and server.	Any PostgreSQL client can connect to
       pgpool as if it's a real PostgreSQL server.  pgpool caches the
       connection to the PostgreSQL server to reduce the overhead involved in
       establishing the connection to it.

       pgpool can also be used with two PostgreSQL servers for fail over
       purposes.  If the first server goes down, pgpool will automatically
       switch to the secondary server.

       pgpool is typically started and stopped via system initialization
       scripts.

INVOCATION
       pgpool [ options... ]
	      Starts as a daemon in the background (unless -n is given).

       pgpool [ options... ] stop
	      Shutdown.

       pgpool [ options... ] reload
	      Reloads the configuration.

OPTIONS
       -a path

       --hba-file path Sets the path to the pool_hba.conf configuration file
       (default: /usr/local/etc/pgpool_hba.conf).

       -c

       --clear-cache Clears the query cache.

       -d

       --debug Print lots of debug messages.

       -f path

       --config-file path Sets the path to the pgpool.conf configuration file
       (default: /usr/local/etc/pgpool.conf).

       -F path

       --pcp-config-file path Sets the path to the pcp.conf configuration file
       (default: /usr/local/etc/pcp.conf).

       -h

       --help Print a help message and exit.

       -m mode

       --mode mode Shutdown mode: smart, fast, or immediate.

       -n

       --no-daemon Foreground mode.  Error messages go to stdout or stderr,
       which could be piped out to log processors such as logger(1) or
       rotatelogs(8).  To daemonize, explicitly invoke pgpool in background.

       -v

       --version Print version and exit.

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/pgpool.conf
	      Default configuration file

       /usr/local/etc/pool_hba.conf
	      Host Based Access configuration file

       /usr/local/etc/pcp.conf
	      PCP commands configuration file

SEE ALSO
       logger(1), postmaster(1), rotatelogs(8)

       Additional information can be found in the pgpool README file.

				  12 Oct 2009			     PGPOOL(8)

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