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<para>

List the description from <literal>pg_description</literal>

of the specified object, which can be a

table, table.column, type, operator, or aggregate.

of the specified object.

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fprintf(fout," \\copy table {from | to} <fname>\n");

fprintf(fout," \\d [<table>] -- list tables and indices, columns in <table>, or * for all\n");

fprintf(fout," \\da -- list aggregates\n");

fprintf(fout," \\dd [<object>]- list commentfor table, field, type, function, or operator.\n");

fprintf(fout," \\dd [<object>]- list commentan object.\n");

fprintf(fout," \\df -- list functions\n");

fprintf(fout," \\di -- list only indices\n");

fprintf(fout," \\do -- list operators\n");