can be used to examine the archive and/or select which parts of the

database are to be restored. The most flexible output file formats are

the <quote>custom</quote> format (<option>-Fc</option>) and the

<quote>directory</quote> format(<option>-Fd</option>). They allow

<quote>directory</quote> format(<option>-Fd</option>). They allow

for selection and reordering of all archived items, support parallel

restoration, and are compressed by default. The <quote>directory</quote>

format is the only format that supports parallel dumps.