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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2019-09-03 14:25:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2019-09-03 14:25:26 +0200 |
| commit | 10f55448965f9af3a62070dce840c5c701561630 (patch) | |
| tree | 70d867556c95917ea84416311757390e7a0b8014 /src | |
| parent | bde8c2d319ab3ebaf9f07e5511e1142a38bab0e0 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-10f55448965f9af3a62070dce840c5c701561630.tar.gz postgresql-10f55448965f9af3a62070dce840c5c701561630.zip | |
Clarify pg_dump documentation
Clarify in the help output and documentation that -n, -t etc. take a
"pattern" rather than a "schema" or "table" etc. This was especially
confusing now that the new pg_dumpall --exclude-database option was
documented with "pattern" and the others not, even though they all
behave the same.
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/b85f3fa1-b350-38d1-1893-4f7911bd7310%402ndquadrant.com
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c index 34981401bfc..7ec0c84540d 100644 --- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c +++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c @@ -1000,14 +1000,14 @@ help(const char *progname) printf(_(" -c, --clean clean (drop) database objects before recreating\n")); printf(_(" -C, --create include commands to create database in dump\n")); printf(_(" -E, --encoding=ENCODING dump the data in encoding ENCODING\n")); - printf(_(" -n, --schema=SCHEMA dump the named schema(s) only\n")); - printf(_(" -N, --exclude-schema=SCHEMA do NOT dump the named schema(s)\n")); + printf(_(" -n, --schema=PATTERN dump the specified schema(s) only\n")); + printf(_(" -N, --exclude-schema=PATTERN do NOT dump the specified schema(s)\n")); printf(_(" -O, --no-owner skip restoration of object ownership in\n" " plain-text format\n")); printf(_(" -s, --schema-only dump only the schema, no data\n")); printf(_(" -S, --superuser=NAME superuser user name to use in plain-text format\n")); - printf(_(" -t, --table=TABLE dump the named table(s) only\n")); - printf(_(" -T, --exclude-table=TABLE do NOT dump the named table(s)\n")); + printf(_(" -t, --table=PATTERN dump the specified table(s) only\n")); + printf(_(" -T, --exclude-table=PATTERN do NOT dump the specified table(s)\n")); printf(_(" -x, --no-privileges do not dump privileges (grant/revoke)\n")); printf(_(" --binary-upgrade for use by upgrade utilities only\n")); printf(_(" --column-inserts dump data as INSERT commands with column names\n")); @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ help(const char *progname) printf(_(" --disable-triggers disable triggers during data-only restore\n")); printf(_(" --enable-row-security enable row security (dump only content user has\n" " access to)\n")); - printf(_(" --exclude-table-data=TABLE do NOT dump data for the named table(s)\n")); + printf(_(" --exclude-table-data=PATTERN do NOT dump data for the specified table(s)\n")); printf(_(" --extra-float-digits=NUM override default setting for extra_float_digits\n")); printf(_(" --if-exists use IF EXISTS when dropping objects\n")); printf(_(" --inserts dump data as INSERT commands, rather than COPY\n")); |