Re: [HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > > If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the > > -X at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of > > --disable-triggers ? > > This was added before we had portable long options. I suppose we could > phase it out. Yes, I think you are right. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
Re: [HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Dennis Bjorklund wrote: If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the -X at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of --disable-triggers ? This was added before we had portable long options. I suppose we could phase it out. Excellent idea. Let's start by deprecating it in a prominent note in pg_dump.c. Maybe Dennis could add that to whatever patch he's preparing. cheers andrew ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the > -X at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of > --disable-triggers ? This was added before we had portable long options. I suppose we could phase it out. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > What use is the -X flag to pg_dump. The code say that if one add a setting > "feature" to -X then there should also be a flag "--feature". So we have > for example: > > -X disable-triggers > > and > > --disable-triggers > > If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the -X > at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of > --disable-triggers ? The issue is that some operating systems do not support long options, so -X option is really -X and an argument, while --option is a long option. We have our own getopt.c library so I am unsure we really need have cases that don't support long options anymore. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.| Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > What use is the -X flag to pg_dump? Let me just state before someone else does, that I don't want to remove -X. The question is if one should add new flags to it or simply just use the long form for new ones. -- /Dennis Björklund ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
[HACKERS] -X flag in pg_dump
What use is the -X flag to pg_dump. The code say that if one add a setting "feature" to -X then there should also be a flag "--feature". So we have for example: -X disable-triggers and --disable-triggers If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the -X at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of --disable-triggers ? -- /Dennis Björklund ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq