| From: | Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> |
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| To: | Michael Schmidt <michaelmschmidt(at)msn(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Backup file extension |
| Date: | 2006-02-24 18:39:42 |
| Message-ID: | 1140806381.18756.20.camel@state.g2switchworks.com |
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On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 12:15, Michael Schmidt wrote:
> I am writing a client GUI application and am adding backup/restore
> features. I noticed that different backup file extensions are used
> for PostgreSQL - pgAdmin uses .backup (possible problem because it is
> not consistent with 8.3 file names) and PG Lightning Admin uses .bak
> (possible problem because it is generic). To reduce the chance of the
> user making an error, I was wondering if it would make sense to
> standardize PostgreSQL backup file extension names - something like
> .pgb (PostgreSQL Backup). I Googled pgb and it doesn't look like
> anything uses this extension.
>
I've always used .sql. Just saying.
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