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Cc: matthias.hoermann@saltation.com
Subject: BUG #19042: Option --help not recognized at the end of command line in pg_restore
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:07:24 +0000
Message-ID: <19042-347869ae37c993f4@postgresql.org> (raw)
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 19042
Logged by: Matthias Hörmann
Email address: matthias.hoermann@saltation.com
PostgreSQL version: 17.6
Operating system: Debian bookworm
Description:
When calling pg_restore trying to use --help at the end to see which other
options I might want to specify tells me that --help is an unrecognized
option and I am supposed to run pg_restore --help for more information.
```
# pg_restore --version
pg_restore (PostgreSQL) 17.6 (Debian 17.6-1.pgdg12+1)
# sudo -u postgres pg_restore -f /tmp/redacted_20250903_130108.pg_dump
--help
/usr/lib/postgresql/17/bin/pg_restore: unrecognized option '--help'
pg_restore: hint: Try "pg_restore --help" for more information.
```
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