Re: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

On 6/4/24 08:25, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:43 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com 
> <mailto:adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>> wrote:
> 
>     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
> 
> 
> Who's got meaningful databases that small anymore?
> 
> And if you've got meaningfully sized databases, open port 5432 and move 
> them using pg_dump.

If you don't need the tar format then don't use it.

-- 
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com