Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> pg_dumpall -g -- Dump roles and tablespaces per current behaviour >>> pg_dumpall -gr -- Dump roles only (or users and groups) >>> pg_dumpall -gt -- Dump tablespaces only >>> >> >> This seems a bit ugly, mainly because (1) it doesn't have a natural >> translation to long-form switches, and (2) it screws up the usual >> habit of merging multiple single-letter switches into one argument. >> Perhaps something like >> >> --roles-only >> --tablespaces-only >> --globals-only >> >> Not sure if there are free single-letter codes for the first two, >> but on the whole I'm more interested in having sane long-form names >> than sane short ones ... >> >> >> > > I agree. In fact, as I understand the patch it would also allow "-g r" > and "-g t", and that seems ugly too. > > We don't have to have a short form for every long option - e.g. initdb > has several like --no-locale for which there is no corresponding short > form. I suggest we make the new options long form only, along the lines > Tom suggests.
OK, no probs. I'll fix it up as Tom suggests. Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
