Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DABBC9FB8A2 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:48:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37257-07 for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:48:04 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from tanagra.summersault.com (tanagra.summersault.com [12.161.105.149]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1DD19FB8DE for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:48:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 74751 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2007 17:47:59 -0000 Received: from simba.summersault.com (HELO ?192.168.97.182?) (mark@192.168.97.182) by tanagra.summersault.com with ESMTPA; 19 Mar 2007 17:47:59 -0000 Message-ID: <45FECCA8.8040204@summersault.com> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:47:20 -0400 From: Mark Stosberg User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070111) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump References: <200703191743.l2JHhSS04401@momjian.us> In-Reply-To: <200703191743.l2JHhSS04401@momjian.us> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200703/20 X-Sequence-Number: 4191 Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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 Bruce, I think the specific test case would have to start with a valid letter, like "t", and then include invalid characters. Try this instead: pg_dump --format=tx test Mark