Re: pg_dump compress - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: pg_dump compress
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Msg-id 20110923134649.GA25054@depesz.com
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In response to pg_dump compress  (Roger Niederland <roger@niederland.com>)
Responses Re: pg_dump compress  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>)
Re: pg_dump compress  (Roger Niederland <roger@niederland.com>)
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:00:10PM -0700, Roger Niederland wrote:
> Using pg_dump from the command line with the exe included in windows
> 32 bit install in postgresql 9.1.
> pg_dump  -U username -f somefile.sql.gz -Z 9 -i dbname

please note that pg_dump --help shows:
  -Z, --compress=0-9          compression level for compressed formats

hint: the part "for compressed formats" is critical.

plain dump is not compressed, you'd have to use -Fc to get compression,
but it's good to use anyway.

Best regards,

depesz


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