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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:

Display absolute addresses when formatting (Block header information is always block relative)
Display binary block images within a range (Option will turn off all formatting options)
Display formatted block content dump (Option will turn off all other formatting options)
Display formatted block content dump along with interpretation
Display this information
Display interpreted item details
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
Force block size to [blocksize]
Force interpreted formatting of block items as index items
Force interpreted formatting of block items as heap items

The following options are valid for control files:

Interpret the file listed as a control file
Display formatted content dump along with interpretation
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>

June 2013 pg_filedump 9.2.0