Re: -X flag in pg_dump

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: -X flag in pg_dump
Date: 2006-01-26 14:02:56
Message-ID: 200601261402.k0QE2u607203@candle.pha.pa.us
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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.

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