Re: pg_dumpall -f <filename> option

Dave Page wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Patch applied. Thanks.
> >
> > Docs updated to mention Win32:
> >
> > Write the output to the specified file. This is particularly useful
> > on Windows because output redirection does not work for child
> > processes.
>
> I didn't say that - I said that I couldn't redirect the output from the
> child processes in pgAdmin which is a limitation of the way wxWidgets
> works from what I can tell. It may (in fact, quite possibly does) apply
> to *nix as well. pg_dumpall output can be redirected from a command
> prompt on Windows without any problem.
>
> The patch was proposed in this case because a) it gives pg_dumpall more
> consistency with pg_dump allowing pgAdmin to use pg_duampall in the same
> way it already uses pg_dump, and b) I have a vague chance of getting a
> patch into pg_dumpall this century :-)

OK, thanks. I have copied the text from pg_dump -f option now.

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