Add pg_dump's option meanings to the manual page.

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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
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.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pg_dump.1,v 1.4 1996/12/11 22:58:11 momjian Exp $
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/pg_dump.1,v 1.5 1997/01/17 18:36:32 momjian Exp $
.TH PG_DUMP UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
pg_dump \(em dumps out a Postgres database into a script file
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.IR "pg_dump"
, one should examine the output script file for any warnings, especially
in light of the limitations listed below.
.PP
pg_dump understands the following options:
.TP
.BR "-f" " filename"
Specifies the output file
.TP
.BR "-H" " hostname"
Specifies the server host name
.TP
.BR "-p" " port"
Specifies the server port number
.TP
.BR "-v" ""
Specifies verbose mode
.TP
.BR "-d" ""
Dump data as proper insert strings
.TP
.BR "-D" ""
Dump data as inserts with attribute names
.TP
.BR "-S" ""
Dump out only the schema, no data
.TP
.BR "-a" ""
Dump out only the data, no schema
.TP
.BR "-t" " table"
Dump for this table only
.TP
.BR "-o" ""
Dump object id's (oids)
.PP
If dbname is not supplied, then the DATABASE environment variable value is used.
.SH "CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS"
.IR pg_dump
has a few limitations.