Re: [HACKERS] Linux Largefile Support In Postgresql RPMS

> I very much doubt pg_dump would be seeking or telling on stdout, as it may
> be a pipe, a tty, a socket, etc., so you can skip the cat and just do
> pg_dump > dumpfile.sql.
>
> Oh, and cat doesn't need to be largefile-enabled as it never seeks in
> files, as neither does pg_dump, as it doesn't, or shouldn't (I see no need
> for), seek in the output file.

no and no, this will *not* work; the file has to be opened with the flag
O_LARGEFILE, otherwise the kernel will refuse to write files larger than
2GB. Really.

Regards
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