<varlistentry>

<term><option>-w</option></term>

<term><option>--wait</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Wait for an operation to complete. This is supported for the

<varlistentry>

<term><option>-W</option></term>

<term><option>--no-wait</option></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Do not wait for an operation to complete. This is the opposite of the

printf(_(" -s, --silent only print errors, no informational messages\n"));

printf(_(" -t, --timeout=SECS seconds to wait when using -w option\n"));

printf(_(" -V, --version output version information, then exit\n"));

printf(_(" -w wait until operation completes\n"));

printf(_(" -W do not wait until operation completes\n"));

printf(_(" -w, --wait wait until operation completes\n"));

printf(_(" -W, --no-wait do not wait until operation completes\n"));

printf(_(" -?, --help show this help, then exit\n"));

printf(_("(The default is to wait for shutdown, but not for start or restart.)\n\n"));

printf(_("If the -D option is omitted, the environment variable PGDATA is used.\n"));

{"silent",no_argument,NULL,'s'},

{"timeout",required_argument,NULL,'t'},

{"core-files",no_argument,NULL,'c'},

{"wait",no_argument,NULL,'w'},

{"no-wait",no_argument,NULL,'W'},

{NULL,0,NULL,0}

};