2018-03-07 21:31 GMT+01:00 Daniel Verite <dan...@manitou-mail.org>: > David Fetter wrote: > > > We have some inconsistency here in that fewer table formats are > > supported, but I think asciidoc, etc., do this correctly via > > invocations like: > > > > psql -P format=asciidoc -o foo.adoc -AtXc 'TABLE foo' > > -A is equivalent to -P format=unaligned, so in the above > invocation, it cancels the effect of -P format=asciidoc. > Anyway -P format=name on the command line > is the same as "\pset format name" as a > metacommand, so it works for all formats. > > Some formats (unaligned, html) have corresponding > command-line options (-A, -H), and others don't. > In this patch, -C is used so that csv would be in the > category of formats that can be switched on with the simpler > invocation on the command line. > If we don't like that, we can leave out -C for future use > and let users write -P format=csv. > That's not the best choice from my POV though, as csv > is a primary choice to export tabular data. >
-C can be used for certificates or some similar. I like csv, but I am not sure, so it is too important to get short option (the list of free chars will be only shorter) Regards Pavel > > Best regards, > -- > Daniel Vérité > PostgreSQL-powered mailer: http://www.manitou-mail.org > Twitter: @DanielVerite >
