diff -c -r postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c
*** postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c	2010-12-14 03:59:19.000000000 +0100
--- postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c	2010-12-29 01:13:06.195510786 +0100
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*** 27,32 ****
--- 27,34 ----
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include <sys/wait.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <string.h>
  
  #ifdef WIN32
  #include <io.h>
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*** 2752,2757 ****
--- 2754,2832 ----
  			return;
  	}
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Split object into separate file,
+ 	 * if the --split option is enabled and,
+ 	 * if the object has an oid and,
+ 	 * if the object has a namespace.
+ 	*/
+ 	if (ropt->split_files && te->catalogId.oid && te->namespace)
+ 	{
+ 		char		splitFilename[1024];
+ 		char		*tag;
+ 		char		*tagArgPos;
+ 		char		*desc;
+ 		char		*descSpacePos;
+ 		mode_t		omode;
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Strip eventual argument part from "tag" (e.g. the name of functions)
+ 		 * Example: "foobar(_arg1 int, _arg2 int)" --> "foobar"
+ 		 */
+ 		tagArgPos = strstr(te->tag,"(");
+ 		if (tagArgPos == NULL)
+ 			tag = strdup(te->tag);
+ 		else
+ 			tag = strndup(te->tag, tagArgPos - te->tag);
+ 
+ 		desc = strdup(te->desc);
+ 		descSpacePos = strstr(desc," ");
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Replace " " with "_" in "desc"
+ 		 * Example: "FK CONSTRAINT" --> "FK_CONSTRAINT"
+ 		 */
+ 		while ((descSpacePos = strstr(desc, " ")) != NULL)
+ 		{
+ 			char *dup = strdup(desc);
+ 			strlcpy(desc, dup, descSpacePos - desc + 1);
+ 			strcat(desc, "_");
+ 			strcat(desc, dup + (descSpacePos - desc) + strlen("_"));
+ 			free(dup);
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Build path consisting of [filename]-split/[schema]/[desc]/[tag].sql
+ 		 * Create the directories
+ 		 *
+ 		 * Example: dumpfile-split/public/FUNCTION/foobar.sql
+ 		 */
+ 		omode = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
+ 		snprintf(splitFilename, 1024, "%s-split", ropt->filename);
+ 		mkdir(splitFilename, omode);
+ 		snprintf(splitFilename, 1024, "%s-split/%s", ropt->filename, te->namespace);
+ 		mkdir(splitFilename, omode);
+ 		snprintf(splitFilename, 1024, "%s-split/%s/%s", ropt->filename, te->namespace, desc);
+ 		mkdir(splitFilename, omode);
+ 
+ 		snprintf(splitFilename, 1024, "%s-split/%s/%s/%s.sql", ropt->filename, te->namespace, desc, tag);
+ 
+ 		/* Add \i <split file name> to main dump file */
+ 		ahprintf(AH, "\\i %s\n", splitFilename);
+ 
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Close the normal file handle to which non-splittable
+ 		 * objects are written.
+ 		 *
+ 		 * Open split file handle for splitFilename.
+ 		 *
+ 		 * In the end of the function,
+ 		 * the split file handle will be closed, and
+ 		 * the normal file handle will be reopened again.
+ 		 */
+ 		fclose(AH->OF);
+ 		AH->OF = fopen(splitFilename, PG_BINARY_A);
+ 	}
+ 
  	/* Select owner, schema, and tablespace as necessary */
  	_becomeOwner(AH, te);
  	_selectOutputSchema(AH, te->namespace);
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*** 2881,2886 ****
--- 2956,2971 ----
  			free(AH->currUser);
  		AH->currUser = NULL;
  	}
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * If we are using the --split option,
+ 	 * close the split file handle, and reopen the normal file handle.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (ropt->split_files && te->catalogId.oid && te->namespace)
+ 	{
+ 		fclose(AH->OF);
+ 		AH->OF = fopen(ropt->filename, PG_BINARY_A);
+ 	}
  }
  
  void
diff -c -r postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h
*** postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h	2010-12-14 03:59:19.000000000 +0100
--- postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup.h	2010-12-29 01:08:42.255541320 +0100
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*** 142,147 ****
--- 142,148 ----
  	int			number_of_jobs;
  
  	bool	   *idWanted;		/* array showing which dump IDs to emit */
+ 	int			split_files;		/* --split option, split objects into separate files */
  } RestoreOptions;
  
  /*
diff -c -r postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
*** postgresql-8.4.6/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c	2010-12-14 03:59:19.000000000 +0100
--- postgresql-8.4.6-pg-dump-split/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c	2010-12-29 01:08:42.255541320 +0100
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*** 111,116 ****
--- 111,117 ----
  static int	disable_dollar_quoting = 0;
  static int	dump_inserts = 0;
  static int	column_inserts = 0;
+ static int	split_files = 0;
  
  
  static void help(const char *progname);
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*** 277,282 ****
--- 278,284 ----
  		{"no-tablespaces", no_argument, &outputNoTablespaces, 1},
  		{"role", required_argument, NULL, 3},
  		{"use-set-session-authorization", no_argument, &use_setsessauth, 1},
+ 		{"split", no_argument, &split_files, 1},
  
  		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
  	};
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*** 765,770 ****
--- 767,773 ----
  		ropt->disable_triggers = disable_triggers;
  		ropt->use_setsessauth = use_setsessauth;
  		ropt->dataOnly = dataOnly;
+ 		ropt->split_files = split_files;
  
  		if (compressLevel == -1)
  			ropt->compression = 0;
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*** 797,802 ****
--- 800,806 ----
  	printf(_("  -v, --verbose               verbose mode\n"));
  	printf(_("  -Z, --compress=0-9          compression level for compressed formats\n"));
  	printf(_("  --lock-wait-timeout=TIMEOUT fail after waiting TIMEOUT for a table lock\n"));
+ 	printf(_("  --split                     split objects into separate plain text files\n"));
  	printf(_("  --help                      show this help, then exit\n"));
  	printf(_("  --version                   output version information, then exit\n"));