Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

On 6/4/24 08:25, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:43 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 6/4/24 05:13, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > It doesn't support compression nor restore reordering like the
> custom
> > format, so I'm having trouble seeing why it still exists (at least
> > without a doc warning that it's obsolete).
>
> pg_dump -d test -U postgres -Ft  | gzip --stdout > test.tgz
>
>
> Who's got meaningful databases that small anymore?
>
> And if you've got meaningfully sized databases, open port 5432 and move
> them using pg_dump.

If you don't need the tar format then don't use it.

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Adrian Klaver
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