| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Mark Stosberg <mark(at)summersault(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR |
| Date: | 2006-05-10 03:13:47 |
| Message-ID: | 200605100313.k4A3DlW18221@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Mark Stosberg wrote:
> >> Also, I would like it if the pg_dump docs more assertively recommended
> >> one of the "tar" or "custom" formats. They seem very similiar.
> >
> > Yeah. I think it should specifically recommend custom format. The only
> > reason for using tar format would be if you want to process the file
> > later with something other than pg_restore.
>
> Thanks for the recommendation.
>
> Is that any concern that over time newer pg_restore's won't read old
> "custom" formats? That would be my only worry-- that the data would be
> locked in a binary format which becomes unsupported.
No, we wouldn't do that.
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