Add comment that pg_dump 'append' format is used only by pg_dump, per

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit 9c51b922b6b2 · 2007-03-22T20:47:12.000Z
Dave Page.
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *	by PostgreSQL
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.463 2007/03/22 20:18:49 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.464 2007/03/22 20:47:12 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* open the output file */
 	if (pg_strcasecmp(format, "a") == 0 || pg_strcasecmp(format, "append") == 0)
 	{
-		/* not documented */
+		/* This is used by pg_dumpall, and is not documented */
 		plainText = 1;
 		g_fout = CreateArchive(filename, archNull, 0, archModeAppend);
 	}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@`
`12`	`12`	`* by PostgreSQL`
`13`	`13`	`*`
`14`	`14`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`15`		`- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.463 2007/03/22 20:18:49 momjian Exp $`
	`15`	`+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c,v 1.464 2007/03/22 20:47:12 momjian Exp $`
`16`	`16`	`*`
`17`	`17`	`*-------------------------------------------------------------------------`
`18`	`18`	`*/`
`@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)`
`478`	`478`	`/* open the output file */`
`479`	`479`	`if (pg_strcasecmp(format, "a") == 0 \|\| pg_strcasecmp(format, "append") == 0)`
`480`	`480`	`{`
`481`		`- /* not documented */`
	`481`	`+ /* This is used by pg_dumpall, and is not documented */`
`482`	`482`	`plainText = 1;`
`483`	`483`	`g_fout = CreateArchive(filename, archNull, 0, archModeAppend);`
`484`	`484`	`}`