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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml index b29fe248dcf..9e076a43083 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.83 2006/04/15 18:11:16 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.84 2006/05/06 23:25:37 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -244,28 +244,28 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><literal>t</></term> - <term><literal>tar</></term> + <term><literal>c</></term> + <term><literal>custom</></term> <listitem> <para> - Output a <command>tar</command> archive suitable for input into - <application>pg_restore</application>. Using this archive format - allows reordering and/or exclusion of database objects - at the time the database is restored. It is also possible to limit - which data is reloaded at restore time. + Output a custom archive suitable for input into + <application>pg_restore</application>. This is the most flexible + format in that it allows reordering of loading data as well + as object definitions. This format is also compressed by default. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><literal>c</></term> - <term><literal>custom</></term> + <term><literal>t</></term> + <term><literal>tar</></term> <listitem> <para> - Output a custom archive suitable for input into - <application>pg_restore</application>. This is the most flexible - format in that it allows reordering of loading data as well - as object definitions. This format is also compressed by default. + Output a <command>tar</command> archive suitable for input into + <application>pg_restore</application>. Using this archive format + allows reordering and/or exclusion of database objects + at the time the database is restored. It is also possible to limit + which data is reloaded at restore time. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -665,11 +665,11 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0; </para> <para> - To dump a database called <literal>mydb</> to a <filename>tar</filename> + To dump a database called <literal>mydb</> to a file in custom format: file: <screen> -<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -Ft mydb > db.tar</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -Fc mydb > db.out</userinput> </screen> </para> @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0; To reload this dump into an existing database called <literal>newdb</>: <screen> -<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_restore -d newdb db.tar</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_restore -d newdb db.out</userinput> </screen> </para> |