diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index d1482d0e9887a9e78a931c3319245484bdda03c0..9f46b43a82ca647e5937fda9fefd75dadeff3e66 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.30 2002/08/20 02:20:48 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.31 2002/08/27 03:55:17 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -67,89 +67,97 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
operators should be used to redirect it into a file.
</para>
- <refsect2>
- <title>Options</title>
- <para>
- <application>pg_dumpall</application> accepts the following
- command line arguments:
+ <para>
+ <application>pg_dumpall</application> will need to connect several times to the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server, asking for the password each
+ time. It will probably be very convenient to have a PGPASSWORDFILE in that case.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-c, --clean</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ <para>
+ <application>pg_dumpall</application> accepts the following
+ command line arguments:
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-c, --clean</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Include SQL commands to clean (drop) database objects before
recreating them. (This option is fairly useless, since the
output script expects to create the databases themselves;
they would always be empty upon creation.)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-g, --globals-only</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-g, --globals-only</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Only dump global objects (users and groups), no databases.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the database
server is running. If host begins with a slash, it is used as
the directory for the Unix domain socket. The default is
taken from the <envar>PGHOST</envar> environment variable, if
set, else a Unix domain socket connection is attempted.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-p <replaceable>port</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-p <replaceable>port</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
The port number on which the server is listening. Defaults to
the <envar>PGPORT</envar> environment variable, if set, or a
compiled-in default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-U <replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-U <replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Connect as the given user.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term>-W</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>-W</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Force a password prompt. This should happen automatically if
the server requires password authentication.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
- <para>
+ <para>
Any other command line parameters are passed to the underlying
<xref linkend="app-pgdump">
calls. This is useful to control some aspects of the output
format, but some options such as <option>-f</option>,
<option>-F</option>, <option>-t</option>, and <replaceable
class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> should be avoided.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
+ </para>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
index f29eabce1b43ff46d4800a33216dd61e7d2e6d71..286e3de4c75f543ebe136b5e8f729af704b847f0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.23 2002/08/10 16:57:31 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.24 2002/08/27 03:55:17 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
settings and environment variables available to <application>psql</application>
and the <application>libpq</application> front-end library do apply.
</para>
+
+
+ <para>
+ <application>vacuumdb</application> will need to connect several times to the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server, asking for the password each
+ time. It will probably be very convenient to have a PGPASSWORDFILE in that case.
+ </para>
+
</refsect1>