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Add -d/--dbname option to pg_dump.

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You could already pass a database name just by passing it as the last
option, without -d. This is an alias for that, like the -d/--dbname option
in psql and many other client applications. For consistency.
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Heikki Linnakangas
2013-02-25 19:39:04 +02:00
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@ -817,6 +817,26 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
The following command-line options control the database connection parameters.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
<term><option>--dbname=<replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable></></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the name of the database to connect to. This is
equivalent to specifying <replaceable
class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> as the first non-option
argument on the command line.
</para>
<para>
If this parameter contains an <symbol>=</symbol> sign or starts
with a valid <acronym>URI</acronym> prefix
(<literal>postgresql://</literal>
or <literal>postgres://</literal>), it is treated as a
<parameter>conninfo</parameter> string. See <xref linkend="libpq-connect"> for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h <replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>
<term><option>--host=<replaceable class="parameter">host</replaceable></option></term>