Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Mark Stosberg wrote:
>> It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are
>> supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity.
>>
>> ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing
>> an error. )
>
> I don't see that with current CVS:
>
>     $ pg_dump --format=x test
>     pg_dump: invalid output format "x" specified

Bruce,

I think the specific test case would have to start with a valid letter,
like "t", and then include invalid characters. Try this instead:

 pg_dump --format=tx test

     Mark