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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_restore [archiver] file offset in dump file is too large
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Msg-id 1168.1130904949@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_restore [archiver] file offset in dump file is too large  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> File dumped from 8.1beta3 using pg_dump -Fc on Linux box.
> This dump restored successfully onto 8.1RC1 on Linux box.
> File FTP'd to Windows box; attempt to restore onto 8.1RC1 fails with:
> pg_restore [archiver] file offset in dump file is too large

[ itch... ] This sure as heck sounds like the file was corrupted during
the FTP transfer.  Did you remember to select binary transfer mode?

> On Windows, the file size and md5sum -b result is identical.

That observation does seem like evidence against my theory, but ...
        regards, tom lane

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