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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 23:13:47 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <200605100313.k4A3DlW18221@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrne5hvn5.aki.mark@simba.summersault.com>

Mark Stosberg wrote:
> >> Also, I would like it if the pg_dump docs more assertively recommended
> >> one of the "tar" or "custom" formats. They seem very similiar.
> >
> > Yeah.  I think it should specifically recommend custom format.  The only
> > reason for using tar format would be if you want to process the file
> > later with something other than pg_restore.
> 
> Thanks for the recommendation. 
> 
> Is that any concern that over time newer pg_restore's won't read old
> "custom" formats? That would be my only worry-- that the data would be
> locked in a binary format which becomes unsupported.

No, we wouldn't do that.

-- 
  Bruce Momjian   http://candle.pha.pa.us
  EnterpriseDB    http://www.enterprisedb.com

  + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +



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