Re: pg_dump failure in tar format.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Tomeh, Husam" <htomeh(at)firstam(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump failure in tar format.
Date: 2005-08-02 00:17:58
Message-ID: 26315.1122941878@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Tomeh, Husam" <htomeh(at)firstam(dot)com> writes:
> I'm getting the following error message (postgres 8.0):

> pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 2128,
> attempted 3738) when I run pg_dump with -Ft (tar format).

IIRC there are size limitations in the tar format. Is there a reason
you don't use -Fc instead?

regards, tom lane

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