> We have some inconsistency here in that fewer table formats are > supported, but I think asciidoc, etc., do this correctly via > invocations like: > > psql -P format=asciidoc -o foo.adoc -AtXc 'TABLE foo'
-A is equivalent to -P format=unaligned, so in the above invocation, it cancels the effect of -P format=asciidoc. Anyway -P format=name on the command line is the same as "\pset format name" as a metacommand, so it works for all formats.
Some formats (unaligned, html) have corresponding command-line options (-A, -H), and others don't. In this patch, -C is used so that csv would be in the category of formats that can be switched on with the simpler invocation on the command line. If we don't like that, we can leave out -C for future use and let users write -P format=csv. That's not the best choice from my POV though, as csv is a primary choice to export tabular data.
-C can be used for certificates or some similar. I like csv, but I am not sure, so it is too important to get short option (the list of free chars will be only shorter)
Regards
Pavel
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