Re: [DOCS] suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump
Mark Stosberg wrote: > It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are > supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity. > > ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing > an error. ) I don't see that with current CVS: $ pg_dump --format=x test pg_dump: invalid output format "x" specified -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
Re: [DOCS] suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump
Bruce Momjian wrote: > Mark Stosberg wrote: >> It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are >> supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity. >> >> ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing >> an error. ) > > I don't see that with current CVS: > > $ pg_dump --format=x test > pg_dump: invalid output format "x" specified Bruce, I think the specific test case would have to start with a valid letter, like "t", and then include invalid characters. Try this instead: pg_dump --format=tx test Mark ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
