Re: pg_dump -Ft failed on Windows XP

Someday we can move this to /port, but for now, let's get it into CVS.

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Zeugswetter Andreas DCP SD wrote:
>
> > >> Apparently it won't work at all if TMP isn't set?
> >
> > > I'm not *too* concerned about that, since TMP is normally set by the
> OS
> > > itself. There's one set in the "system environment" (to
> c:\windows\temp
> > > or whatrever) and then it's overridden by one set by the OS when it
> > > loads a user profile.
> >
> > OK, then maybe not having it would be equivalent to /tmp-not-writable
> > on Unix, ie, admin error.
> >
> > > Also to the point, what would you fall back to?
> >
> > Current directory maybe?
>
> It tries \ (tested on Win 2000), if the dir argument is NULL and TMP is
> not set.
> But TMP is usually set.
>
> Attached is a working version not yet adapted to port/.
> - memoryleak fixed
> - use _tmpname and _fdopen not the compatibility tmpname and fdopen
> (imho only cosmetic)
> - EACCES fixed (Win2000 needs _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE or fails with EACCES,
> even as Admin)
> - I suggest adding a prefix pg_temp_ (for leftover temp files after
> crash,
> the name I get is then usually pg_temp_2)
>
> Andreas

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