pg_basebackup compressed tar to stdout

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-05-26T21:01:36Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

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pg_basebackup-tar-gzip-stdout.patch (text/x-patch) patch

pg_basebackup currently doesn't allow compressed tar to stdout.  That
should be added to make the interface consistent, and specifically to
allow common idoms like

pg_basebackup -Ft -z -D - | ssh tar -x -z -f -

Small patch attached.