diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'examples/example.pgsql')
| -rw-r--r-- | examples/example.pgsql | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/examples/example.pgsql b/examples/example.pgsql index 42f045e..5a4e02f 100644 --- a/examples/example.pgsql +++ b/examples/example.pgsql @@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ # compress = < yes | no > (default = yes) # if yes, compress the pg_dump/pg_dumpall output. +# format = < plain | tar | custom > (default = plain) +# plain - Output a plain-text SQL script file with the extension .sql. +# When dumping all databases, a single file is created via pg_dumpall. +# tar - Output a tar archive suitable for input into pg_restore. More +# flexible than plain and can be manipulated by standard Unix tools +# such as tar. Creates a globals.sql file and an archive per database. +# custom - Output a custom PostgreSQL pg_restore archive. This is the most +# flexible format allowing selective import and reordering of database +# objects at the time the database is restored via pg_restore. This +# option creates a globals.sql file containing the cluster role and +# other information dumped by pg_dumpall -g and a pg_restore file +# per selected database. See the pg_dump and pg_restore man pages. + ### You can also set the following variables in /etc/backupninja.conf: # PGSQLDUMP: pg_dump path (default: /usr/bin/pg_dump) # PGSQLDUMPALL: pg_dumpall path (default: /usr/bin/pg_dumpall) |