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<sect1 id="oid2name">
<title>oid2name</title>
<para>
<application>oid2name</application> connects to a target database and
extracts OID, filenode, and/or table name information. You can also have
- it show database OIDs or tablespace OIDs. The program is controlled by
- a large number of command-line options, as shown in
- <xref linkend="oid2name-options">.
+ it show database OIDs or tablespace OIDs.
</para>
- <table id="oid2name-options">
- <title><application>oid2name</> options</title>
- <tgroup cols="2">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Option</entry>
- <entry>Description</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
-
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-o</literal> <replaceable>oid</></entry>
- <entry>show info for table with OID <replaceable>oid</></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-f</literal> <replaceable>filenode</></entry>
- <entry>show info for table with filenode <replaceable>filenode</></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-t</literal> <replaceable>tablename_pattern</></entry>
- <entry>show info for table(s) matching <replaceable>tablename_pattern</></entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-s</literal></entry>
- <entry>show tablespace OIDs</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-S</literal></entry>
- <entry>include system objects (those in
- <literal>information_schema</literal>, <literal>pg_toast</literal>
- and <literal>pg_catalog</literal> schemas)
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-i</literal></entry>
- <entry>include indexes and sequences in the listing</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-x</literal></entry>
- <entry>display more information about each object shown: tablespace name,
- schema name, and OID
- </entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-q</literal></entry>
- <entry>omit headers (useful for scripting)</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-d</literal> <replaceable>database</></entry>
- <entry>database to connect to</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-H</literal> <replaceable>host</></entry>
- <entry>database server's host</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-p</literal> <replaceable>port</></entry>
- <entry>database server's port</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-U</literal> <replaceable>username</></entry>
- <entry>username to connect as</entry>
- </row>
-
- <row>
- <entry><literal>-P</literal> <replaceable>password</></entry>
- <entry>password (deprecated — putting this on the command line
- is a security hazard)</entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title><application>oid2name</> options</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <application>oid2name</application> accepts the following command-line arguments:
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-o</option> <replaceable>oid</></term>
+ <listitem><para>show info for table with OID <replaceable>oid</></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-f</option> <replaceable>filenode</></term>
+ <listitem><para>show info for table with filenode <replaceable>filenode</></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-t</option> <replaceable>tablename_pattern</></term>
+ <listitem><para>show info for table(s) matching <replaceable>tablename_pattern</></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>show tablespace OIDs</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-S</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>include system objects (those in
+ <option>information_schema</option>, <option>pg_toast</option>
+ and <option>pg_catalog</option> schemas)
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-i</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>include indexes and sequences in the listing</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-x</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>display more information about each object shown: tablespace name,
+ schema name, and OID
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>omit headers (useful for scripting)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-d</option> <replaceable>database</></term>
+ <listitem><para>database to connect to</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-H</option> <replaceable>host</></term>
+ <listitem><para>database server's host</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option> <replaceable>port</></term>
+ <listitem><para>database server's port</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-U</option> <replaceable>username</></term>
+ <listitem><para>username to connect as</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-P</option> <replaceable>password</></term>
+ <listitem><para>password (deprecated — putting this on the command line
+ is a security hazard)</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </para>
<para>
To display specific tables, select which tables to show by
- using <literal>-o</>, <literal>-f</> and/or <literal>-t</>.
- <literal>-o</> takes an OID,
- <literal>-f</> takes a filenode,
- and <literal>-t</> takes a tablename (actually, it's a LIKE
- pattern, so you can use things like <literal>foo%</>).
+ using <option>-o</>, <option>-f</> and/or <option>-t</>.
+ <option>-o</> takes an OID,
+ <option>-f</> takes a filenode,
+ and <option>-t</> takes a tablename (actually, it's a LIKE
+ pattern, so you can use things like <option>foo%</>).
You can use as many
of these options as you like, and the listing will include all objects
matched by any of the options. But note that these options can only
- show objects in the database given by <literal>-d</>.
+ show objects in the database given by <option>-d</>.
</para>
<para>
- If you don't give any of <literal>-o</>, <literal>-f</> or <literal>-t</>,
- but do give <literal>-d</>, it will list all tables in the database
- named by <literal>-d</>. In this mode, the <literal>-S</> and
- <literal>-i</> options control what gets listed.
+ If you don't give any of <option>-o</>, <option>-f</> or <option>-t</>,
+ but do give <option>-d</>, it will list all tables in the database
+ named by <option>-d</>. In this mode, the <option>-S</> and
+ <option>-i</> options control what gets listed.
</para>
<para>
- If you don't give <literal>-d</> either, it will show a listing of database
- OIDs. Alternatively you can give <literal>-s</> to get a tablespace
+ If you don't give <option>-d</> either, it will show a listing of database
+ OIDs. Alternatively you can give <option>-s</> to get a tablespace
listing.
</para>
</sect2>