| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | Mark Stosberg <mark(at)summersault(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: suggestion for improving TMPDIR and "--format" docs for pg_dump |
| Date: | 2007-03-09 10:21:00 |
| Message-ID: | 200703091121.01155.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Am Freitag, 9. März 2007 03:30 schrieb Mark Stosberg:
> The tar format needs some space to create temporary files. By default
> "/tmp" is used. On systems with small "/tmp" partitions, set the
> "TMPDIR" environment variable to a location with more space, such as
> "/usr/tmp".
That is really standard operating system behavior. We don't need to duplicate
that information.
> It woud also be nice to document that the full names "custom" and "tar" are
> supported. Longer names can be nice for clarity.
They are. You must be looking at an older version.
> ( Unfortunately, wrong formats like "txx" also work instead of throwing
> an error. )
Send a patch.
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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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