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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index 152edcbe6ed..6d0f214d423 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -818,6 +818,26 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <variablelist> <varlistentry> + <term><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term> + <term><option>--dbname=<replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is + equivalent to specifying <replaceable + class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> as the first non-option + argument on the command line. + </para> + <para> + If this parameter contains an <symbol>=</symbol> sign or starts + with a valid <acronym>URI</acronym> prefix + (<literal>postgresql://</literal> + or <literal>postgres://</literal>), it is treated as a + <parameter>conninfo</parameter> string. See <xref linkend="libpq-connect"> for more information. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term> <term><option>--host=<replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> |