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From Rob Sargent
Subject Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?
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In response to Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?  (Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>)
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On 6/4/24 13:15, Ron Johnson wrote:
On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:55 PM Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com> wrote:


On 6/4/24 11:40, Shaheed Haque wrote:
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> We use it. I bet lots of others do too.
>
>

Of course.  There are lots of small, real, useful databases in the wild.
 
But why tar instead of custom? That was part of my original question.

That I can't say.  Familiarity?  Fewer keystrokes?


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