Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sEZJZ-002DhY-OT for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:55:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sEZJZ-001xBW-NY for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:55:21 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sEZJZ-001xB6-9e for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:55:21 +0000 Received: from mail-pl1-x62c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::62c]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sEZJW-003SnO-Vt for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:55:20 +0000 Received: by mail-pl1-x62c.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1f6262c0a22so952785ad.1 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:55:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1717527317; x=1718132117; darn=lists.postgresql.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=YybwmU5+EQX9VD41CIYq3/OmggCJa3R+aC7J5M1LcxI=; b=F+dB5xSpRf++RtG4oTTwnIrSSeWEan0lEjEjNjY5wH1Zs+dGTelmFeh6zvhKgJGrSm a+4wOkc87a3vBG7GlYpbqiEAFBmBLTZ0wqGXzaPrPsOUxjvkhZM2eJur2LPYFKY32ZIl 2+y+cTA5mm5OU6Snsog6vmXkwYN0xC2tWDjzJ9VSex6QKhmN+Sas4pKArIBeEbP9/Wmn tcwhJ7xmRq71bp/3Fb3j6EZlKozjoily+gsSnnXonixnzwbijZqXTXE8PpdIhA2ZkGf7 2HBHvXc+FMa9Sz+Bsx2KHpwFxI76IU+GZfES01jgcffP/E1O/rT0neolQ9RKCxQa4SSI 84BQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1717527317; x=1718132117; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=YybwmU5+EQX9VD41CIYq3/OmggCJa3R+aC7J5M1LcxI=; b=Yn/rVbyHrAiE6F548ZwdzaA3Gf94mfY8jkVZYKRbBcqaSqW2h3hqr3O5YDHF9HDYOX Yk1Mr4+2lHwWOLPGgjGRN9Shc0mFYp8HvmsQ6WDBlHe5nsXZerHWr4h7pdof/5KDHOpZ C+xL3Je6xouKiGPI5GzWUWPC20eL0i+m7k+anReo8H9Rp2Eerbw3cMgMJdHoQEg00nVX Fi5qFpBVvyudUPkgeixLls+UgXa5bSwDnflslB2C+i4mfjE6yoeL8C2iZwLtbdmTMKr3 kfme0Io9MhY5xzk9vfb2WRfKtXtYMcYGPP6vhzfvVw1fT7fKIkbUFVEr/j/Jntob2JnT oAvQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwX2SrovvC8amMaIgTWS891/dBIBfEg8plVoweIF+lxKP2oqMBA 70U4MNitcmW75k1z3DXccJKe7L0qOivpIm6ghdOtjrlUvEmpDEnTYLRU0A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHZKoakaVP8BGqIW82d8Whhh905I3rO4qRxQxyN3aOlZ7tjrrq+jAD9ozx6O4Tn9hu5fUC26A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:e5cd:b0:1f4:adcb:37c9 with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1f69390ba61mr59153385ad.25.1717527317192; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:55:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (c-76-140-27-218.hsd1.ut.comcast.net. [76.140.27.218]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-1f6323e9ae4sm86872195ad.191.2024.06.04.11.55.16 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:55:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4b28e899-d802-43ce-b20b-655a9077f08f@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 12:55:15 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format? To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org References: <25e9749c-ff38-4832-9b26-386cac33b3d8@aklaver.com> <7005ac8c-2f83-4122-9172-04bca268f987@aklaver.com> Content-Language: en-CA From: Rob Sargent In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On 6/4/24 11:40, Shaheed Haque wrote: > > We use it. I bet lots of others do too. > > Of course.  There are lots of small, real, useful databases in the wild.