Hi Peter, On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM Peter Eisentraut <pe...@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> How about this to bring it all together: > > pg_dump --help: > pg_dump exports a PostgreSQL database as an SQL script or to other formats. > > pg_dumpall --help: > pg_dumpall exports a PostgreSQL database cluster as an SQL script or to > other formats. > > (Note: Uses the verb "export", to align with commit 4f29394ea94.) > > pg_restore --help: [unchanged] > pg_restore restores PostgreSQL databases from archives created by > pg_dump or pg_dumpall. > > man pages: > pg_dump - export a PostgreSQL database as an SQL script or to other formats > pg_dumpall - export a PostgreSQL database cluster as an SQL script or to > other formats > > pg_restore - restore PostgreSQL databases from archives created by > pg_dump or pg_dumpall > Since we are using "a PostgreSQL database" and "a PostgreSQL cluster" with pg_dump and pg_dumpall respectively, it makes sense to use the same wording for pg_restore. Th description at [1] already does that, except it needs small tweaks like below: pg_restore - restore a PostgreSQL database or a PostgreSQL cluster from an archive created by pg_dump or pg_dumpall respectively. [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/app-pgrestore.html -- Best Wishes, Ashutosh Bapat
