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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1997-01-17 18:36:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 1997-01-17 18:36:32 +0000 |
| commit | 4defb8f393b2c7250cc0b55d8ec66d4d2be4f9dd (patch) | |
| tree | 54730394e5102041913bc1fcbfc55d1109b43895 /src | |
| parent | 1760f0861668e7e0cb6f5902f4bbaa84b69316de (diff) | |
Add pg_dump's option meanings to the manual page.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/man/pg_dump.1 | 36 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/man/pg_dump.1 b/src/man/pg_dump.1 index b211629ed64..52c2f1ded7c 100644 --- a/src/man/pg_dump.1 +++ b/src/man/pg_dump.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... -.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pg_dump.1,v 1.4 1996/12/11 22:58:11 momjian Exp $ +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pg_dump.1,v 1.5 1997/01/17 18:36:32 momjian Exp $ .TH PG_DUMP UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL .SH NAME pg_dump \(em dumps out a Postgres database into a script file @@ -59,6 +59,40 @@ postgreSQL installation to another. After running .IR "pg_dump" , one should examine the output script file for any warnings, especially in light of the limitations listed below. +.PP +pg_dump understands the following options: +.TP +.BR "-f" " filename" +Specifies the output file +.TP +.BR "-H" " hostname" +Specifies the server host name +.TP +.BR "-p" " port" +Specifies the server port number +.TP +.BR "-v" "" +Specifies verbose mode +.TP +.BR "-d" "" +Dump data as proper insert strings +.TP +.BR "-D" "" +Dump data as inserts with attribute names +.TP +.BR "-S" "" +Dump out only the schema, no data +.TP +.BR "-a" "" +Dump out only the data, no schema +.TP +.BR "-t" " table" +Dump for this table only +.TP +.BR "-o" "" +Dump object id's (oids) +.PP +If dbname is not supplied, then the DATABASE environment variable value is used. .SH "CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS" .IR pg_dump has a few limitations. |