>> postgres@pgbox:/home/postgres/ [PG961] pg_restore -h localhost -p 5439 -F d >> -C -j 2 /var/tmp/exp/ >> >> This runs fine but where does it connect to? Nothing is listening on port >> 5439.
>Given the lack of a -d switch, I'd expect it not to try to connect >anywhere, just emit the restore script on stdout. At least, that's >what happens for me. It's weird that you don't see any printout. >(To be clear: it's -d that triggers a connection attempt in pg_restore. >Without that, -h and -p are just noise.) Ok, that makes sense. I got the output on screen, as mentioned. What I would have expected is at least a hint or warning that host and port are ignored if you do not specify the "-d" switch. Giving port and host clearly indicates that I want to connect to what I provided, doesn't it? psql uses the os username as default database, pg_restore doesn't? postgres@pgbox:/home/postgres/ [PG961] unset PGDATABASE postgres@pgbox:/home/postgres/ [] psql psql (9.6.1) Type "help" for help. (postgres@[local]:5439) [postgres] > Providing "-d" gives a meaningful message at least: postgres@pgbox:/home/postgres/ [PG961] pg_restore -h localhost -p ===6666 -d postgres -F d -C /var/tmp/exp/ pg_restore: [archiver (db)] connection to database "postgres" failed: invalid port number: "===6666" Maybe it is only me, but this is not consistent behavior, is it? Regards Daniel
