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 BF1E29FA4AF for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:22:52 -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 19834-10 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:22:40 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:31:05.364317 by SQLgrey- Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 114249FA25D for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:22:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 191CF5B096A for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 12:50:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FauKI-00064f-OG for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Tue, 02 May 2006 14:50:02 +0200 Received: from simba.summersault.com ([12.161.105.182]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 May 2006 14:50:02 +0200 Received: from mark by simba.summersault.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 May 2006 14:50:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org From: Mark Stosberg Subject: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 12:47:36 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 19 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: simba.summersault.com X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/3 X-Sequence-Number: 3530 A suggested addition to the pg_dump docs: This would be an extension to the documentation for the "tar" format: The tar format needs some space to create temporary files. By default "/tmp" is used. On systems with small "/tmp" partitions, set the "TMPDIR" environment variable to a location with more space, such as "/usr/tmp". Also, I would like it if the pg_dump docs more assertively recommended one of the "tar" or "custom" formats. They seem very similiar. It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity. ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing an error. ) Mark