On Saturday 21 February 2004 16:22, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> as we all know one has to pg_dump a db before backuping it.
> But wouldn't it be possible to create a "named pipe" (mknod) that, on read
> access, starts pg_dump and returns its output?
> That way we wouldn't have to teach each (remote) backup how to dump the db.
>
> [ ] bad idea
> [ ] good idea
> [ ] idiot
> [x] doit
>
> rgds
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