Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

From: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?
Date: 2024-06-04 19:37:14
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On 6/4/24 13:15, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:55 PM Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> On 6/4/24 11:40, Shaheed Haque wrote:
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> > We use it. I bet lots of others do too.
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> Of course.  There are lots of small, real, useful databases in the
> wild.
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> But why tar instead of custom? That was part of my original question.
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That I can't say.  Familiarity?  Fewer keystrokes?

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