Re: pg_restore ignores -C when using a restore list -L - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: pg_restore ignores -C when using a restore list -L
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Msg-id 1273864527-sup-5360@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: pg_restore ignores -C when using a restore list -L  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_restore ignores -C when using a restore list -L
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Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of vie may 14 13:26:06 -0400 2010:

> However, I think -C is a special case because it's quite un-obvious
> to the user that it effectively acts as a filter switch --- in fact a
> de-filtering switch, because the lack of -C is what filters out the
> DATABASE item.
>
> I'm inclined to think that we should document that the output of -l
> is restricted by -n and similar switches, but change the code so that
> -C doesn't affect -l output.  Comments?

+1
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