Re: [HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-16 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 19:55 -0700, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 15:34 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Josh Kupershmidt > >> wrote: > >> > I propose slimming down the pg_dump README,

Re: [HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-08 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 15:34 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: >> > I propose slimming down the pg_dump README, keeping intact the >> > introductory notes and details of the tar format.

Re: [HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-07 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Sat, 2013-01-05 at 15:34 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > > I propose slimming down the pg_dump README, keeping intact the > > introductory notes and details of the tar format. > > Do we need to keep it at all, really? Certainly the intr

Re: [HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-05 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > Do we need to keep it at all, really? Certainly the introductory part > is covered in the main documentation already... Pretty much. (I did find note #2 mildly interesting.) > I be

Re: [HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-05 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:36 AM, Josh Kupershmidt wrote: > The ./src/bin/pg_dump README contains several inoperable examples. > First, this suggestion: > > | or to list tables: > | > | pg_restore --table | less > > seems bogus, i.e. the --table option requires an argument specifing > which

[HACKERS] bad examples in pg_dump README

2013-01-03 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
The ./src/bin/pg_dump README contains several inoperable examples. First, this suggestion: | or to list tables: | | pg_restore --table | less seems bogus, i.e. the --table option requires an argument specifing which table to restore, and does not "list tables". Next, this suggested comma