Re: Bug #631: pg_dumpall does not accept -F or -f

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > The pg_dumpall script seems to ignore the file and format switches
> > that are used with pg_dump.  pg_dumpall always writes to stdout in
> > text format.  Also, the -b switch can not be used with pg_dumpall
> > since text output is being forced.
>
> That's not a bug.

Peter, can you explain why to the user; it is not clear to me why
either, though I have my suspicions, and shouldn't we throw an error to
the user when they try it?

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