Re: pg_restore options issues

Peter Eisentraut wrote: >pg_restore has some options that are supposed to allow restoring some or >all
indexes/tables/triggers/etc. For example > >pg_restore --table > >restores all tables and > >pg_restore
--table=my_table> >restores only the named table.  The equivalent short option is -t but it >does not allow restoring
alltables, since it requires an argument.  I >suggest that an argument of '*' also means to restore all tables.
 

I don't like that; it will need to be escaped with \ or the shell will
substitute the contents of the current directory for the *.

Why not use `-t all' or `-A'?

You should also change the help text a bit:
 -t [table], --table[=table]      dump for this table only

gives no hint that omitting `=table' will restore all tables.

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