Re: pg_dump --exclude-* options documentation
Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
From: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-09-02T06:34:56Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> We have the following options in pg_dump: > > --exclude-schema=schema > --exclude-table=table > --exclude-table-data=table > > and new in pg_dumpall: > > --exclude-database=pattern > > I was momentarily confused that the latter is documented as taking a > "pattern" but the others are not. Of course they all take the same kind > of pattern. > > Should we change the documentation of the old pg_dump options to also > take a "pattern", or change the documentation of the new pg_dumpall > option to read "database"? My 0.02€: we should use the more general and precise, i.e. pattern. -- Fabien.
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