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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2009-01-09 19:27:14 +0000
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2009-01-09 19:27:14 +0000
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A further attempt at clarifying the \distv business.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.216 2009/01/07 04:51:34 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.217 2009/01/09 19:27:14 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -1120,13 +1120,14 @@ testdb=&gt;
<listitem>
<para>
- For the above commands, the letters
+ In this group of commands, the letters
<literal>i</literal>, <literal>s</literal>,
- <literal>t</literal>, <literal>v</literal>,
- <literal>S</literal> stand for index, sequence, table, view,
- and system table, respectively. You can specify any or all of
+ <literal>t</literal>, and <literal>v</literal>
+ stand for index, sequence, table, and view, respectively.
+ You can specify any or all of
these letters, in any order, to obtain a listing of all the
- matching objects. If <literal>+</literal> is
+ matching objects. For example, <literal>\dit</> lists indexes
+ and tables. If <literal>+</literal> is
appended to the command name, each object is listed with its
physical size on disk and its associated description, if any.
The letter <literal>S</literal> restricts the listing