Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump and schema namespace notes

Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> I think this is a suggestion/comment!
>
> pg_dump man page:
>
> --schema-only
> Dump only the schema (data definitions), no data
>
> I think this use of the word schema is confusing, meaning data
> definitions, whereas elsewhere in the man page schema are used as a
> namespace definition.
>
> --schema=schema
> Dump the contents of schema only. If this option is not
> speci- fied, all non-system schemas in the target
> database will be dumped
>
> It would be nice if this could be a comman separated list (like set
> search_path; A,info,public etc).

I have updated the pg_dump manual page to more clearly distinguish the
two meanings of "schema". I referred to "object definitions" more
frequently.

Applied patch attached.

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