Re: pg_dump : Mysterious"-b" switch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Damian C" <jamianb(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump : Mysterious"-b" switch
Date: 2006-07-27 05:42:18
Message-ID: 195.1153978938@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Damian C" <jamianb(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I notice in pgAdminIII when I get it to perform a backup it uses
> pg_dump (of course). I also notice that one of the switches/arguments
> is "-b". When I looked up the PG documentation
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/app-pgdump.html) I
> can't see any reference to "-b".

[ digs in source code... ] It's a synonym for "--blobs", and both the
full switch and the abbreviation are now obsolete because dumping blobs
is now done always. pg_dump still accepts the switch but we don't
document it anymore...

regards, tom lane

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