PG_FILEDUMP(1) User Commands PG_FILEDUMP(1)
NAME
manual page for pg_filedump
SYNOPSIS
pg_filedump [-abcdfhixy] [-R startblock [endblock]] [-S blocksize] file
DESCRIPTION
Display formatted contents of a PostgreSQL heap/index/control file.
The following options are valid for heap and index files:
-a Display absolute addresses when formatting (Block header information is always block relative)
-b Display binary block images within a range (Option will turn off all formatting options)
-d Display formatted block content dump (Option will turn off all other formatting options)
-f Display formatted block content dump along with interpretation
-h Display this information
-i Display interpreted item details
-R Display specific block ranges within the file (Blocks are indexed from 0)
[startblock]: block to start at [endblock]: block to end at
A startblock without an endblock will format the single block
-S Force block size to [blocksize]
-x Force interpreted formatting of block items as index items
-y Force interpreted formatting of block items as heap items
The following options are valid for control files:
-c Interpret the file listed as a control file
-f Display formatted content dump along with interpretation
-S Force block size to [blocksize]
OTHERS
This manual page was generated from pg_filedump help output (-h) by help2man(1).
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
pg_filedump 9.2.0 June 2013 PG_FILEDUMP(1)