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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump
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Msg-id 200703191743.l2JHhSS04401@momjian.us
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In response to suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump  (Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>)
Responses Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump  (Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>)
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Mark Stosberg wrote:
> It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are
> supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity.
>
> ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing
> an error. )

I don't see that with current CVS:

    $ pg_dump --format=x test
    pg_dump: invalid output format "x" specified

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