Commit b9ea8d20 authored by Robert Haas's avatar Robert Haas

Document that COPY OUT requires an absolute pathname.

As suggested by Etsuro Fujita, but with somewhat different wording.
parent 48a9c782
......@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ COPY { <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
<term><replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The absolute path name of the input or output file. Windows users
might need to use an <literal>E''</> string and double any backslashes
used in the path name.
The path name of the input or output file. An input filename can be
an absolute or relative path, but an output filename must be an absolute
path. Windows users might need to use an <literal>E''</> string and
double any backslashes used in the path name.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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