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Improve pg_dump/pg_dumpall help synopses and terminology

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Increase consistency of --help and man page synopses between pg_dump
and pg_dumpall.  These should now be very similar, as pg_dumpall can
now also produce non-text dump output.  But actually, they had drifted
further apart.

- Use verb "export" consistently, instead of "dump" or "extract".
- Use "SQL script" instead of just "script" or "text file".
- Maintain consistent distinction between SQL script and other
  formats/archives (which is relevant for pg_restore).

Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/3f71d8a7-095b-4829-9b0b-fce09e9866b3%40eisentraut.org
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Peter Eisentraut
2025-06-19 13:53:12 +02:00
parent 1546e17f9d
commit dec6643487
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refname>pg_dump</refname>
<refpurpose>
extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database into a script file or other archive file
export a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database as an SQL script or to other formats
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
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@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_dumpall</refname>
<refpurpose>extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster using a specified dump format</refpurpose>
<refpurpose>
export a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster as an SQL script or to other formats
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
<application>pg_dumpall</application> is a utility for writing out
(<quote>dumping</quote>) all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases
of a cluster into an archive. The archive contains
of a cluster into an SQL script file or an archive. The output contains
<acronym>SQL</acronym> commands that can be used as input to <xref
linkend="app-psql"/> to restore the databases. It does this by
calling <xref linkend="app-pgdump"/> for each database in the cluster.

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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
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@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refname>pg_restore</refname>
<refpurpose>
restore a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database or cluster
from an archive created by <application>pg_dump</application> or
restore <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases from archives
created by <application>pg_dump</application> or
<application>pg_dumpall</application>
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>