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dingdingho

Backup Restore Documentation Clarification

Hi,
First time user of Immich

In this documentation here: https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore#manual-backup-and-restore

The restore line is:
docker exec -i immich_postgres psql --dbname=postgres --username=<DB_USERNAME>

But in my .env (all kept in default), the db name is set to "immich"
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

I just wonder if this instruction needs to be corrected to --dbname=<DB_DATABASE_NAME> rather than postgres, for consistency with the .env

Not too familiar with postgres so sorry if this is a super noob question!
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