Re: Backups and restores.

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Brian Avis <brian(dot)avis(at)searhc(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Backups and restores.
Date: 2003-06-07 16:01:42
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0306071559280.2132-100000@peter.localdomain
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Brian Avis writes:

> I am upgrading my workstation to 7.3.3. I have some database backups
> that were created with this command.
>
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump $db | gzip > /usr/local/pgsql/backups/$filename

> pg_restore: [archiver] input file does not appear to be a valid archive

These archives are supposed to be restored using psql. The pg_dump
reference page should tell you the details.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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