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1. pg_basebackup compressed tar to stdout

   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2011-05-26T21:01:36Z

   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.
   

2. Re: pg_basebackup compressed tar to stdout

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2011-05-26T21:06:01Z

   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
   > 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.
   
   I have not bothered to read this in context, but the visible part of the
   patch makes it look like you broke the not-HAVE_LIBZ case ... other than
   that gripe, no objection.
   
   			regards, tom lane
   
   

3. Re: pg_basebackup compressed tar to stdout

   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2011-05-26T21:10:17Z

   On tor, 2011-05-26 at 17:06 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
   > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
   > > 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.
   > 
   > I have not bothered to read this in context, but the visible part of the
   > patch makes it look like you broke the not-HAVE_LIBZ case ... other than
   > that gripe, no objection.
   
   Ah yes, that needs some fine-tuning.