Right now, if you use pg_basebackup -Ft -D -
you get a tarfile, written to stdout, for redirection. However, if you use: pg_basebackup -Fp -D - you get a plaintext (unpackaged) backup, in a directory called "-". I can't think of a single usecase where this is a good idea. Therefor, I would suggest we simply throw an error in this case, instead of creating the directory. Only for the specific case of specifying exactly "-" as a directory. Comments? Also, if we do that, is this something we should consider backpatchable? It's not strictly speaking a bugfix, but I'd say it fixes some seriously annoying behavior. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
