pgsql: doc: Avoid too prominent use of "backup" on pg_dump man page

Started by Peter Eisentrautalmost 2 years ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Peter Eisentraut
peter_e@gmx.net

doc: Avoid too prominent use of "backup" on pg_dump man page

Some users inadvertently rely on pg_dump as their primary backup tool,
when better solutions exist. The pg_dump man page is arguably
misleading in that it starts with

"pg_dump is a utility for backing up a PostgreSQL database."

This tones this down a little bit, by replacing most uses of "backup"
with "export" and adding a short note that pg_dump is not a
general-purpose backup tool.

Discussion: /messages/by-id/70b48475-7706-4268-990d-fd522b038d96@eisentraut.org

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/4f29394ea941f688fd4faf7260d2c198931ca797

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml | 12 ++++++++----
doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml | 2 +-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)