Re: PG_dump fatal error (second post)

From: Dani Oderbolz <oderbolz(at)ecologic(dot)de>
To: "'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: nickf(at)ontko(dot)com
Subject: Re: PG_dump fatal error (second post)
Date: 2003-07-21 12:16:08
Message-ID: 3F1BD988.80603@ecologic.de
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Nick Fankhauser wrote:

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>pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 39, attempted
>166)
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Hi Nick,
how big does your tar file get when you get the error?
I would guess that its 2GB at this time, which would indicate that you just
hit a File System Limit.
To prevent this, I guess you should use the "split" command to
split your file in pieces of less than 2 GB size.

Regards,
Dani

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