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| author | Tom Lane | 2018-04-08 20:35:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane | 2018-04-08 20:35:42 +0000 |
| commit | 893e9e65402e79cc5eb865825be32f675d8a72b2 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b96fe7da7b4640cebd0c84e38bf86738bf92b46 | |
| parent | 4f85f66469594996584d50e6a940b5ba873aa713 (diff) | |
Doc: clarify explanation of pg_dump usage.
This section confusingly used both "infile" and "outfile" to refer
to the same file, i.e. the textual output of pg_dump. Use "dumpfile"
for both cases, per suggestion from Jonathan Katz.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 9d8e69056f..349834c35d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/> for this purpose. The basic usage of this command is: <synopsis> -pg_dump <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> > <replaceable class="parameter">outfile</replaceable> +pg_dump <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> > <replaceable class="parameter">dumpfile</replaceable> </synopsis> As you see, <application>pg_dump</application> writes its result to the standard output. We will see below how this can be useful. @@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ pg_dump <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> > <replaceable cl be read in by the <application>psql</application> program. The general command form to restore a dump is <synopsis> -psql <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> < <replaceable class="parameter">infile</replaceable> +psql <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> < <replaceable class="parameter">dumpfile</replaceable> </synopsis> - where <replaceable class="parameter">infile</replaceable> is the + where <replaceable class="parameter">dumpfile</replaceable> is the file output by the <application>pg_dump</application> command. The database <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> will not be created by this command, so you must create it yourself from <literal>template0</literal> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ psql <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> < <replaceable class behavior and have <application>psql</application> exit with an exit status of 3 if an SQL error occurs: <programlisting> -psql --set ON_ERROR_STOP=on dbname < infile +psql --set ON_ERROR_STOP=on dbname < dumpfile </programlisting> Either way, you will only have a partially restored database. Alternatively, you can specify that the whole dump should be @@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ pg_dump -h <replaceable>host1</replaceable> <replaceable>dbname</replaceable> | cluster, and also preserves cluster-wide data such as role and tablespace definitions. The basic usage of this command is: <synopsis> -pg_dumpall > <replaceable>outfile</replaceable> +pg_dumpall > <replaceable>dumpfile</replaceable> </synopsis> The resulting dump can be restored with <application>psql</application>: <synopsis> -psql -f <replaceable class="parameter">infile</replaceable> postgres +psql -f <replaceable class="parameter">dumpfile</replaceable> postgres </synopsis> (Actually, you can specify any existing database name to start from, but if you are loading into an empty cluster then <literal>postgres</literal> |