Re: About compress in pg_dump

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 7:49 AM Edmundo Robles <edmundo@sw-argos.com> wrote:

> To backup  a database  I do:
>  nice -n +19  pg_dump -Fc  database | nice -n +19 gzip --rsyncable   -nc
> >  database.dump
>
> If -Fc  option  is compressed  by default  I dont need gzip the backup,
> but I need pass --rsyncable  and -n options.
>
> How can  I pass  gzip options  to compress in pg_dump?
>

pg_dump isn't using the gzip program, it's just performing compression per
the gzip compression specification, and doesn't provide those two features
to control it's processing (or any features beyond what's documented on the
pg_dump reference page).

David J.