[ADMIN] Error message using pg_dump with tar format

2003-07-09 Thread Nick Fankhauser - Doxpop
Hi- I'm getting the following error message: pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 39, attempted 166) Here are the particulars: -I'm running this command: "pg_dump -Ft prod | prod.dump.tar" (The database is named prod) -The dump gets about 1/4 of the way through, and the

Re: [ADMIN] Error message using pg_dump with tar format

2003-07-07 Thread Nick Fankhauser
> Does it stop at a filesize limit imposed by the OS or filesystem, such > as 2.0GB as commonly found on linux, or NFS? No, in this case, it is stopping at about 1.3 GB uncompressed. I usually pipe the pg_dump output into gzip but removed the gzip to simplify the situation while testing. Under

Re: [ADMIN] Error message using pg_dump with tar format

2003-07-07 Thread Sam Barnett-Cormack
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Nick Fankhauser wrote: > -There is plenty of disk space available. Does it stop at a filesize limit imposed by the OS or filesystem, such as 2.0GB as commonly found on linux, or NFS? Sam ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain

[ADMIN] Error message using pg_dump with tar format

2003-07-07 Thread Nick Fankhauser
Hi- I'm getting the following error message: pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 39, attempted 166) Here are the particulars: -I'm running this command: "pg_dump -Ft prod | prod.dump.tar" (The database is named prod) -The dump gets about 1/4 of the way through, and the