Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com> writes:
> Oh reading the online docs, it looks like what I may have wanted was:
> --format=custom
Right. That does everything tar format does, only better --- the only
thing tar format beats it at is you can disassemble it with tar. Back
in the day that seemed like a nice thing, open standards and all; but
the 8GB per file limit is starting to get annoying.
regards, tom lane