From a420b76ca5ca3bf4bddded0ace5186c371961426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:56:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correctly name the Windows operating systems --- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml | 4 ++-- doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml | 4 ++-- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml | 4 ++-- doc/src/sgml/release.sgml | 41 +++++++++++++++++--------------- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 4 ++-- 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index 05ffa373c0..c47c33d56e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo); that is not the name of the machine at hostaddr.) Also, host rather than hostaddr is used to identify the connection in $HOME/.pgpass (or - %USERPROFILE%\.pgpass on Win32). + %USERPROFILE%\.pgpass on Microsoft Windows). Without either a host name or host address, diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml index 8ba5409fd7..d9a0130333 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ COPY tablename [ ( COPY TO will terminate each row with a Unix-style - newline (\n). Servers running on MS Windows instead + newline (\n). Servers running on Microsoft Windows instead output carriage return/newline (\r\n), but only for COPY to a server file; for consistency across platforms, COPY TO STDOUT always sends \n diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml index 6e0458e823..e61b271362 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation mode allows you to send a signal to a specified - process. This is particularly valuable for MS Windows + process. This is particularly valuable for Microsoft Windows which does not have a kill command. Use --help to see a list of supported signal names. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml index d16aa0693b..391f9d06c5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - Win32 Native Server + Microsoft Windows Native Server @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere to natively run on Microsoft Windows as a server. It can run as a Windows service. This release supports NT-based Windows releases like - Win2000, XP, - Win2003. Older releases like - Windows 95, 98, and - ME are not supported because these operating + Windows 2000, Windows XP, and + Windows 2003. Older releases like + Windows 95, Windows 98, and + Windows ME are not supported because these operating systems do not have the infrastructure to support PostgreSQL. A separate installer project has been created to ease installation on @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller"> http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. + Although tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port does not have the benefit of years of use in production @@ -49,10 +50,12 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere Unix platforms and therefore should be treated with the same level of caution as you would a new product. - Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit - Cygwin for Win32 server support. - PostgreSQL has always supported - clients on Win32. + + + Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit + Cygwin in order to run the server on Windows + operating systems. PostgreSQL has + always supported clients on Windows. @@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere Listening on localhost (127.0.0.1) opens no new - security holes but allows configurations like Win32 and JDBC, + security holes but allows configurations like Windows and JDBC, which do not support local sockets, to work without special adjustments. @@ -1272,10 +1275,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - New pg_ctl - Win32 does not have a kill command to send signals to + Windows does not have a kill command to send signals to backends so this capability was added to pg_ctl. @@ -1303,8 +1306,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - Add Win32 service @@ -1976,13 +1979,13 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - Allow the database server to run natively on Win32 (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew) + Allow the database server to run natively on Windows (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew) - Shell script commands converted to C versions for Win32 support (Andrew) + Shell script commands converted to C versions for Windows support (Andrew) @@ -2197,7 +2200,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - New pgevent for Win32 logging + New pgevent for Windows logging @@ -2266,7 +2269,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere - Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as a Win32 service (Dave Page) + Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as a Windows service (Dave Page) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 5b3530b099..213257b359 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; it succeeds. Examples: archive_command = 'cp "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' -archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Win32 +archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Windows