pg_restore valid archive - Mailing list pgsql-general

From eel@javabox.com (Eel)
Subject pg_restore valid archive
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Msg-id a62a408.0202151814.15a4dcc@posting.google.com
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List pgsql-general
Hi,
  I'm trying to upgrade to 7.2 from 7.0.  I first tried pg_dump from
7.0 and then pg_restore.  It gave me "input file does not appear to be
a valid archive". I did a bit of research and found that versions of
pg_dump/restore are incompatible, so I pg_dumped it from the 7.2
pg_dump.  It still gives me the same error.  What do I need for a
valid archive?  I'm doing something like:

pg_dump -h oldmachine mydb > pgmydb

None of the following work.
pg_restore pgmydb
pg_restore -d mydb pgmydb
pg_restore -d mydb -f pgmydb

Is there any trick to doing this?  I can't even dump/restore a simple
database on the new machine.

Thanks!

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