Re: pg_dump : Mysterious"-b" switch - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dump : Mysterious"-b" switch
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Msg-id 195.1153978938@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_dump : Mysterious"-b" switch  ("Damian C" <jamianb@gmail.com>)
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"Damian C" <jamianb@gmail.com> writes:
> I notice in pgAdminIII when I get it to perform a backup it uses
> pg_dump (of course).  I also notice that one of the switches/arguments
> is "-b".  When I looked up the PG documentation
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/app-pgdump.html) I
> can't see any reference to "-b".

[ digs in source code... ]  It's a synonym for "--blobs", and both the
full switch and the abbreviation are now obsolete because dumping blobs
is now done always.  pg_dump still accepts the switch but we don't
document it anymore...

            regards, tom lane

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