From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: ktr@goldin-rudahl.com
cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17065: pg_restore never returns even on simple situations
 (maybe I just don't understand something)
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I tried the following commands, as user postgres
> -bash-4.2$ pg_restore -d copy 
> ^C
> -bash-4.2$ pg_restore -d copy -v
> ^C
> -bash-4.2$ pg_restore -f animals-c -l
> ^C
> -bash-4.2$ pg_restore -f animals-p -l

> In each case, I ctrl-C'd after about 10 minutes of no activity.

In all these cases, pg_restore is expecting archive input to be
supplied on stdin.  You've provided switches that indicate where
its output ought to go, but there's no input.  Try something like

pg_restore -l animals-c

pg_restore -l <animals-c

pg_restore -d copy animals-c

pg_restore -f - animals-c

			regards, tom lane