X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6569FA8EF for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:26:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26552-01-7 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:26:21 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [70.90.9.53]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 707DF9FA999 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:13:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id k4A3DlW18221; Tue, 9 May 2006 23:13:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200605100313.k4A3DlW18221@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR In-Reply-To: To: Mark Stosberg Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 23:13:47 -0400 (EDT) CC: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL121 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/25 X-Sequence-Number: 3552 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. +