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.TH COPY SQL 11/05/95 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
copy \(em copy data to or from a class from or to a Unix file.
command, but is not generally portable, and the files generated are
somewhat larger, although this factor is highly dependent on the data
itself.
-When copying in, the
-.BR "with oids"
-keyword should only be used on an empty database because
-the loaded oids could conflict with existing oids.
By default, a ASCII
.BR copy
uses a tab (\\t) character as a delimiter. The delimiter may also be changed
.SM $PGDATA\c
/foo. In general, the full pathname should be used when specifying
files to be copied.
-.PP
-.BR Copy
-has virtually no error checking, and a malformed input file will
-likely cause the backend to crash. You should avoid using
-.BR copy
-for input whenever possible.