diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 2f0807e912..332f0c312f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -813,6 +813,15 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
+
+
+
+
+ Read filters from file. Format "(+|-)(tnfd) objectname:
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index a41a3db876..a3f8bebf52 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ static void appendReloptionsArrayAH(PQExpBuffer buffer, const char *reloptions,
static char *get_synchronized_snapshot(Archive *fout);
static void setupDumpWorker(Archive *AHX);
static TableInfo *getRootTableInfo(TableInfo *tbinfo);
+static size_t pg_getline(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *fp);
+static void exit_invalid_filter_format(FILE *fp, char *filename, char *message, char *line, int lineno);
int
@@ -364,6 +366,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
{"enable-row-security", no_argument, &dopt.enable_row_security, 1},
{"exclude-table-data", required_argument, NULL, 4},
{"extra-float-digits", required_argument, NULL, 8},
+ {"filter", required_argument, NULL, 12},
{"if-exists", no_argument, &dopt.if_exists, 1},
{"inserts", no_argument, NULL, 9},
{"lock-wait-timeout", required_argument, NULL, 2},
@@ -603,6 +606,141 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
optarg);
break;
+ case 12: /* filter implementation */
+ {
+ FILE *f;
+ char *line;
+ ssize_t chars;
+ size_t line_size = 1024;
+ int lineno = 0;
+
+ /* use "-" as symbol for stdin */
+ if (strcmp(optarg, "-") != 0)
+ {
+ f = fopen(optarg, "r");
+ if (!f)
+ fatal("could not open the input file \"%s\": %m",
+ optarg);
+ }
+ else
+ f = stdin;
+
+ line = pg_malloc(line_size);
+
+ while ((chars = pg_getline(&line, &line_size, f)) != -1)
+ {
+ bool is_include;
+ char objecttype;
+ char *objectname;
+
+ lineno += 1;
+
+ if (line[chars - 1] == '\n')
+ line[chars - 1] = '\0';
+
+ /* ignore empty rows */
+ if (*line == '\0')
+ continue;
+
+ if (chars < 2)
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "too short line",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+
+ if (line[0] == '+')
+ is_include = true;
+ else if (line[0] == '-')
+ is_include = false;
+ else
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "invalid option type (use [+-]",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+
+ objecttype = line[1];
+ objectname = &line[2];
+
+ /* skip initial spaces */
+ while (isspace(*objectname))
+ objectname++;
+
+ if (*objectname == '\0')
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "missing object name",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+
+ if (objecttype == 't')
+ {
+ if (is_include)
+ {
+ simple_string_list_append(&table_include_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ dopt.include_everything = false;
+ }
+ else
+ simple_string_list_append(&table_exclude_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ }
+ else if (objecttype == 'n')
+ {
+ if (is_include)
+ {
+ simple_string_list_append(&schema_include_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ dopt.include_everything = false;
+ }
+ else
+ simple_string_list_append(&schema_exclude_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ }
+ else if (objecttype == 'd')
+ {
+ if (is_include)
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "include filter is not supported for this type of object",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+ else
+ simple_string_list_append(&tabledata_exclude_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ }
+ else if (objecttype == 'f')
+ {
+ if (is_include)
+ simple_string_list_append(&foreign_servers_include_patterns,
+ objectname);
+ else
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "exclude filter is not supported for this type of object",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+ }
+ else
+ exit_invalid_filter_format(f,
+ optarg,
+ "invalid object type (use [tndf])",
+ line,
+ lineno);
+ }
+
+ if (ferror(f))
+ fatal("could not read from file \"%s\": %m",
+ f == stdin ? "stdin" : optarg);
+
+ if (f != stdin)
+ fclose(f);
+
+ pg_free(line);
+ }
+ break;
+
default:
fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
exit_nicely(1);
@@ -1022,6 +1160,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
" access to)\n"));
printf(_(" --exclude-table-data=PATTERN do NOT dump data for the specified table(s)\n"));
printf(_(" --extra-float-digits=NUM override default setting for extra_float_digits\n"));
+ printf(_(" --filter=FILENAME read object name filter expressions from file\n"));
printf(_(" --if-exists use IF EXISTS when dropping objects\n"));
printf(_(" --include-foreign-data=PATTERN\n"
" include data of foreign tables on foreign\n"
@@ -18624,3 +18763,67 @@ appendReloptionsArrayAH(PQExpBuffer buffer, const char *reloptions,
if (!res)
pg_log_warning("could not parse reloptions array");
}
+
+/*
+ * getline is originaly GNU function, and should not be everywhere still.
+ * Use own reduced implementation.
+ */
+static size_t
+pg_getline(char **lineptr, size_t *n, FILE *fp)
+{
+ size_t total_chars = 0;
+
+ while (!feof(fp) && !ferror(fp))
+ {
+ char *str;
+ size_t chars;
+
+ str = fgets(*lineptr + total_chars,
+ *n - total_chars,
+ fp);
+
+ if (ferror(fp))
+ return -1;
+
+ if (str)
+ {
+ chars = strlen(str);
+ total_chars += chars;
+
+ if (chars > 0 && str[chars - 1] == '\n')
+ return total_chars;
+
+ /* check, if there is good enough space for next content */
+ if (*n - total_chars < 2)
+ {
+ *n += 1024;
+ *lineptr = pg_realloc(*lineptr, *n);
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (ferror(fp))
+ return -1;
+
+ return total_chars > 0 ? total_chars : -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print error message and exit.
+ */
+static void
+exit_invalid_filter_format(FILE *fp, char *filename, char *message, char *line, int lineno)
+{
+ pg_log_error("invalid format of filter file \"%s\": %s",
+ *filename == '-' ? "stdin" : filename,
+ message);
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "%d: %s\n", lineno, line);
+
+ if (fp != stdin)
+ fclose(fp);
+
+ exit_nicely(-1);
+}