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Re: inconvenient compression options in pg_basebackup

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-05-24T19:34:17Z
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Quick patch for verification.  I chose the naming -z/--gzip to mirror
> GNU tar.

I would argue that -Z ought to turn on "gzip" without my having to write
-z as well (at least when the argument is greater than zero; possibly
-Z0 should be allowed as meaning "no compression").

Other than that (and the ensuing docs and help changes), looks fine.

			regards, tom lane