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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml index 253ee01c0e4..5c6a101333f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml @@ -406,6 +406,25 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">connstr</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>--dbname=<replaceable class="parameter">connstr</replaceable></option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Specifies parameters used to connect to the server, as a connection + string. See <xref linkend="libpq-connstring"> for more information. + </para> + <para> + The option is called <literal>--dbname</> for consistency with other + client applications, but because <application>pg_dumpall</application> + needs to connect to many databases, database name in the connection + string will be ignored. Use <literal>-l</literal> option to specify + the name of the database used to dump global objects and to discover + what other databases should be dumped. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></option></term> <term><option>--host=<replaceable>host</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> |