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From: Erik Wienhold <[email protected]>
To: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 15:48:50 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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On 2024-06-04 14:13 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote:
> It doesn't support compression nor restore reordering like the custom
> format, so I'm having trouble seeing why it still exists (at least without
> a doc warning that it's obsolete).

Maybe because of this:

> *	The tar format also includes a 'restore.sql' script which is there for
> *	the benefit of humans. This script is never used by pg_restore.

I've never used that restore.sql, so I can't say how useful it is,
especially since it requires editing $$PATH$$.  Should be mentioned in
the docs if that file is still relevant.

-- 
Erik

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