<term><option>--locale-provider={<literal>builtin</literal>|<literal>libc</literal>|<literal>icu</literal>}</option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the locale provider for the database's default collation.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-O <replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--owner=<replaceable class="parameter">owner</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the database user who will own the new database.
        (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-S <replaceable class="parameter">strategy</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--strategy=<replaceable class="parameter">strategy</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the database creation strategy.  See
        <xref linkend="create-database-strategy" /> for more details.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-T <replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--template=<replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the template database from which to build this
        database.  (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.)
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
       <term><option>-V</option></term>
       <term><option>--version</option></term>
       <listitem>
       <para>
       Print the <application>createdb</application> version and exit.
       </para>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-?</option></term>
      <term><option>--help</option></term>
      <listitem>
      <para>
      Show help about <application>createdb</application> command line
      arguments, and exit.
      </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>
   </para>

   <para>
    The options <option>-D</option>, <option>-l</option>, <option>-E</option>,
    <option>-O</option>, and
    <option>-T</option> correspond to options of the underlying
    SQL command <link linkend="sql-createdatabase"><command>CREATE DATABASE</command></link>; see there for more information
    about them.
   </para>

   <para>
    <application>createdb</application> also accepts the following
    command-line arguments for connection parameters:

    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--host=<replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the host name of the machine on which the
        server is running.  If the value begins with a slash, it is used
        as the directory for the Unix domain socket.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--port=<replaceable class="parameter">port</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix domain socket file
        extension on which the server is listening for connections.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-U <replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
      <term><option>--username=<replaceable class="parameter">username</replaceable></option></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        User name to connect as.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry>
      <term><option>-w</option></term>
      <term><option>--no-password</option></term>
      <listitem>