Thread: pg_basebackup compressed tar to stdout

pg_basebackup currently doesn't allow compressed tar to stdout.  That
should be added to make the interface consistent, and specifically to
allow common idoms like

pg_basebackup -Ft -z -D - | ssh tar -x -z -f -

Small patch attached.

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> pg_basebackup currently doesn't allow compressed tar to stdout.  That
> should be added to make the interface consistent, and specifically to
> allow common idoms like

> pg_basebackup -Ft -z -D - | ssh tar -x -z -f -

> Small patch attached.

I have not bothered to read this in context, but the visible part of the
patch makes it look like you broke the not-HAVE_LIBZ case ... other than
that gripe, no objection.
        regards, tom lane

On tor, 2011-05-26 at 17:06 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > pg_basebackup currently doesn't allow compressed tar to stdout.  That
> > should be added to make the interface consistent, and specifically to
> > allow common idoms like
> 
> > pg_basebackup -Ft -z -D - | ssh tar -x -z -f -
> 
> > Small patch attached.
> 
> I have not bothered to read this in context, but the visible part of the
> patch makes it look like you broke the not-HAVE_LIBZ case ... other than
> that gripe, no objection.

Ah yes, that needs some fine-tuning.