Re: pg_restore - added documentation

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Harald Armin Massa wrote:
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > Usage:
> > pg_restore [OPTION]... [FILE]
> >
> > General options:
> > -d, --dbname=NAME output database name (to restore into a psql
> > database)
> > -f, --file=FILENAME output file name (to convert custom/tar to
> > plain SQL)
> > -F, --format=c|t specify backup file format (custom or tar,
> > plain text is not possible)
> > ----------------------------------------------
>
> These lines are too long for help output. Also, there is no such thing
> as a "psql database".

Agreed.

However, I wonder if "output database" is the proper name for -d? Isn't
it more "restore database" or "target database"? Output makes me think
of pg_dump.

pg_restore manual page has for -d:

--dbname=dbname
Connect to database dbname and restore directly
into the database.

No mention of "output" there.

I have updated some of the help wording for pg_restore which should clarify
things.

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