On 02/28/2018 08:42 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I noticed that pg_verify_checksum takes an "-o oid" argument to only
> check the relation with that OID; but that's wrong, because the number
> is a relfilenode, not an OID (since it's compared to the on-disk file
> name). I would suggest changing everything to clarify that it's a
> pg_class.relfilenode value, otherwise it's going to be very confusing.
> Maybe use "-f filenode" if -f is available?
>
I'd argue this is merely a mistake in the --help text. Firstly,
relfilenodes are OIDs too, so I don't think "-o" is incorrect. Secondly,
the SGML docs actually say:
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-o <replaceable>relfilenode</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Only validate checksums in the relation with specified relfilenode.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
regards
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