Re: Bad pg_dump error message - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bad pg_dump error message
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Msg-id 10828.1347340875@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Bad pg_dump error message  (Mike Christensen <mike@kitchenpc.com>)
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Re: Bad pg_dump error message
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Mike Christensen <mike@kitchenpc.com> writes:
> Oh reading the online docs, it looks like what I may have wanted was:
> --format=custom

Right.  That does everything tar format does, only better --- the only
thing tar format beats it at is you can disassemble it with tar.  Back
in the day that seemed like a nice thing, open standards and all; but
the 8GB per file limit is starting to get annoying.

            regards, tom lane


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