=?utf-8?Q?Tomas_Dalebj=C3=B6rk?= <tomas(dot)dalebjork(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> thanks for the feedback Tom
> is the seek enabled only if —format=custom
> or is it enabled regardless of which flag used?
There's no seeking required for plain-text output format, but of
course that's even less flexible. Don't recall offhand about tar
format.
One thing I am kind of wondering about is why the whole thing is
a problem for you at all. If the device refuses seeks, shouldn't
our probe fail, and then we'll go on our way without data offsets?
regards, tom lane