Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > What use is the -X flag to pg_dump. The code say that if one add a setting > "feature" to -X then there should also be a flag "--feature". So we have > for example: > > -X disable-triggers > > and > > --disable-triggers > > If all the -X flags come in a long form as well, then what use is the -X > at all? Why would one want to use -X disable-triggers instead of > --disable-triggers ?
The issue is that some operating systems do not support long options, so -X option is really -X and an argument, while --option is a long option. We have our own getopt.c library so I am unsure we really need have cases that don't support long options anymore. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
