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pg_dump db_name|gzip>dbname.sql.gz NickF -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Fankhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone 1.765.935.4283 Fax 1.765.962.9788 Ray Ontko & Co. Software Consulting Services http://www.ontko.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fred Moyer > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 4:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ADMIN] pg_dump max file size exceeded > > > hey fellow pg'ers. > > ran time pg_dump -c --verbose database > datafile.psql from the > command line > and got a file size limit exceeded. datafile.psql stopped at 2 gigs. any > ideas how to exceed that limit? > > redhat 7.2, 2.4.9-31 kernel > postgres 7.2 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
