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On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:55=E2=80=AFPM Rob Sargent <robjsargent@gmail.com> =
wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>

But why tar instead of custom? That was part of my original question.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 2:55=E2=80=AFPM Ro=
b Sargent &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:robjsargent@gmail.com">robjsargent@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204=
,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
On 6/4/24 11:40, Shaheed Haque wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; We use it. I bet lots of others do too.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
Of course.=C2=A0 There are lots of small, real, useful databases in the wil=
d.<br></blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div><div>But why tar instead of custom? Tha=
t was part of my original question.</div><div><br></div></div></div>

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