| From: | Mark Stosberg <mark(at)summersault(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump |
| Date: | 2007-03-19 17:47:20 |
| Message-ID: | 45FECCA8.8040204@summersault.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Mark Stosberg wrote:
>> It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are
>> supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity.
>>
>> ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing
>> an error. )
>
> I don't see that with current CVS:
>
> $ pg_dump --format=x test
> pg_dump: invalid output format "x" specified
Bruce,
I think the specific test case would have to start with a valid letter,
like "t", and then include invalid characters. Try this instead:
pg_dump --format=tx test
Mark
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