Re: Backup, restore & pg_dump

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Backup, restore & pg_dump
Date: 2000-10-16 05:01:03
Message-ID: 200010160501.BAA02032@candle.pha.pa.us
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Don't go changing yet. When Vadim has something, we can decide. I
think we may have unique commands for logging control and stuff, so
let's see how it plays out.

> At 00:45 16/10/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >What was the matter with the name pg_restore?
>
> The fact that we will have a 'proper' backup/restore with the WAL changes,
> and it seems more appropriate that the new utilities should be called
> pg_backup & pg_restore. This leaves the 'undump' part of pg_dump without a
> name. So I will most likely call it pg_load since dump & load are commonly
> associated as verbs.
>
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