Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUrYm-0005ai-1u for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:48 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUrYj-0007pc-H0 for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:45 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUrYj-0007pU-8I for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:45 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.34]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mUrYc-00080Y-QG for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:44 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C82762EB8 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at emo05-pco.easydns.vpn Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (emo05-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N4Imwtukc2fo for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpclient.apple (unknown [4.28.96.150]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 41D3E62EB5 for ; Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:24:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Scott Ribe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) Subject: copy to program with format binary Message-Id: <1BE15609-573B-4D14-906A-B9B360C7666D@elevated-dev.com> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:24:35 -0600 To: pgsql-admin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Are the "to program" and binary format not compatible? copy msgs (msg) to program 'bzip2 > /...' with format binary gives me a syntax error at "format" Trying older-style syntax without "with" does the same thing. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/