Re: pg_restore options issues

Oliver Elphick writes:

> I don't like that; it will need to be escaped with \ or the shell will
> substitute the contents of the current directory for the *.
>
> Why not use `-t all'

Because there might be a table called "all". (Okay, there could be a
table called "*", but really...)

> or `-A'?

We'd need an option letter for tables, triggers, indexes, functions, etc.

> You should also change the help text a bit:
>
> -t [table], --table[=table] dump for this table only
>
> gives no hint that omitting `=table' will restore all tables.

Okay, when we decide how to handle it.

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