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From Ron Johnson
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In response to Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:43 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 6/4/24 05:13, Ron Johnson wrote:
> It doesn't support compression nor restore reordering like the custom
> format, so I'm having trouble seeing why it still exists (at least
> without a doc warning that it's obsolete).

pg_dump -d test -U postgres -Ft  | gzip --stdout > test.tgz

Who's got meaningful databases that small anymore?

And if you've got meaningfully sized databases, open port 5432 and move them using pg_dump.

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