Re: Pg Dump error - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Pg Dump error
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Msg-id 13288.1069435016@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Pg Dump error  ("Patrick Hatcher" <PHatcher@macys.com>)
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"Patrick Hatcher" <PHatcher@macys.com> writes:
> Trying to dump data from my database using:
> pg_dump -a -Ft -b mdc_oz > mdc.tar

> And I keep receiving the following error:
> pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 3, attempted
> 203)

IIRC, the -Ft mode requires dumping into temp files in /tmp --- have you
got enough free space in /tmp for your largest table?

            regards, tom lane

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