Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-06-04T14:43:39Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 6/4/24 05:13, 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).

pg_dump -d test -U postgres -Ft  | gzip --stdout > test.tgz

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com




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  1. Add 'directory' format to pg_dump. The new directory format is compatible