On 18.06.25 22:57, Robert Treat wrote:
I also wondered why you differentiated SQL script file vs archive in
the change here:
- of a cluster into an archive. The archive contains
+ of a cluster into an SQL script file or an archive. The output contains
but then did not differentiate them h
On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 10.06.25 13:51, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
> > Since we are using "a PostgreSQL database" and "a PostgreSQL cluster"
> > with pg_dump and pg_dumpall respectively, it makes sense to use the same
> > wording for pg_restore. Th description at [1
pg_dump/pg_dumpall help synopses and terminology
Increase consistency of --help and man page synopses between pg_dump
and pg_dumpall. These should now be very similar, as pg_dumpall can
now also produce non-text dump output. But actually, they have
drifted further apart.
- Use verb "e
On 10.06.25 13:51, Ashutosh Bapat wrote:
Since we are using "a PostgreSQL database" and "a PostgreSQL cluster"
with pg_dump and pg_dumpall respectively, it makes sense to use the same
wording for pg_restore. Th description at [1] already does that, except
it needs small tweaks like below:
pg_
Hi Peter,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM Peter Eisentraut
wrote:
> How about this to bring it all together:
>
> pg_dump --help:
> pg_dump exports a PostgreSQL database as an SQL script or to other formats.
>
> pg_dumpall --help:
> pg_dumpall exports a PostgreSQL database cluster as an SQL scri
The pg_dump and pg_dumpall help synopses could use some refinements.
PG17:
pg_dump --help:
pg_dump dumps a database as a text file or to other formats.
pg_dumpall --help:
pg_dumpall extracts a PostgreSQL database cluster into an SQL script file.
man pages:
pg_dump - extract a PostgreSQL databa
