Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 18:59, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Just stick with the OID. There's no reason that I can see to have
>> "friendly" names for these tarfiles --- in most cases, the DBA will
>> never even deal with them, no?
> No, this is the output mode where the DBA chooses to get the output in
> the form of tarfiles. So if chosen, he will definitely deal with it.
Mph. How big a use-case has that got? Offhand I can't see a reason to
use it at all, ever. If you're trying to set up a clone you want the
files unpacked.
regards, tom lane