Re: pg_restore -d doesn't display output

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Does anyone know why 'pg_restore -d' doesn't display the commands being
> > executed, like you see when you don't use '-d':
> 
> >     pg_restore < /tmp/test.db
> >     pg_restore -d test < /tmp/test.db
> 
> The first sends a script to stdout (effectively equivalent to pg_dump
> plain style).  The second sends the commands to a backend.
> 
> I would have expected there to be a --verbose option that would also echo
> the commands to stderr, but it doesn't look like there's any support for
> that in the code.

I don't understand why sending something to a backend should effect the
script output.

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