Re: inconvenient compression options in pg_basebackup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: inconvenient compression options in pg_basebackup
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Msg-id 1306262435.14693.2.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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In response to Re: inconvenient compression options in pg_basebackup  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: inconvenient compression options in pg_basebackup  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On sön, 2011-05-22 at 16:43 -0400, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 17:45, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> > On fre, 2011-05-20 at 14:19 -0400, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> > I suggest we add an argument-less option -z that means "compress",
> >> and
> >> > then -Z can be relegated to choosing the compression level.
> >>
> >> We can't just use -Z without a parameter for that?
> >
> > You can't portably have a command-line option with an optional argument.
>
> Ugh.
>
> In that case, I'm fine with your suggestion.

Quick patch for verification.  I chose the naming -z/--gzip to mirror
GNU tar.

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