Re: pg_backup symlink?

At 00:24 11/07/00 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>Philip Warner writes:
>
>> Does anyone have a philosophical objection to a symlink from pg_dump to
>> (new) pg_backup?
>
>Yes. The behaviour of a program should not depend on the name used to
>invoke it. You can use shell aliases or scripts for that.

OK, I suppose I was thinking of the pg_dump symlink as a tool for
compatibility.

Is there a good solution? It dumps to text for compatibility with the old
pg_dump, but I will most often use 'pg_dump -Fc --blob'. Is there a
recommended 'correct' approach?

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