Re: backup -restore question

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: backup -restore question
Date: 2020-07-13 21:56:22
Message-ID: 4e073ca3-9813-0fdb-a31e-4bb55efd4dd5@gmail.com
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On 7/13/20 2:32 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 7/13/20 12:12 PM, Julie Nishimura wrote:
>> Hello there,
>> One of our PostgreSQL 9.4.1  databases has been backed up as *.gz file
>> with the compression 9 "pg_dump -Z 9". What is the right format of
>> restore this file when needed? Can I run the restore from a compressed
>> file or I need to unzip the file first, then run pg_restore? Thanks
>
> It depends on whether you dumped using the custom format -Fc or plain(no
> -F or -Fp). If the custom format then you run pg_restore against it. If
> the plain format then you will to unzip first then feed the file to psql.

What about this?
gunzip -c | foo.sql.gz | psql

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