Re: Bug #631: pg_dumpall does not accept -F or -f

Bruce Momjian writes:

> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > The pg_dumpall script seems to ignore the file and format switches
> > > that are used with pg_dump.  pg_dumpall always writes to stdout in
> > > text format.  Also, the -b switch can not be used with pg_dumpall
> > > since text output is being forced.
> >
> > That's not a bug.
>
> Peter, can you explain why to the user; it is not clear to me why
> either, though I have my suspicions, and shouldn't we throw an error to
> the user when they try it?

The pg_dumpall reference page explicitly cautions against this situation.

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