Re: [DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-09 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Mark Stosberg wrote: >> Is that any concern that over time newer pg_restore's won't read old >> "custom" formats? That would be my only worry-- that the data would be >> locked in a binary format which becomes unsupported. > No, we wouldn't do that. Right, I can't imagine

Re: [DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Mark Stosberg wrote: > >> Also, I would like it if the pg_dump docs more assertively recommended > >> one of the "tar" or "custom" formats. They seem very similiar. > > > > Yeah. I think it should specifically recommend custom format. The only > > reason for using tar format would be if you want

Re: [DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-09 Thread Mark Stosberg
On 2006-05-03, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> A suggested addition to the pg_dump docs: >> This would be an extension to the documentation for the "tar" format: > >> The tar format needs some space to create temporary files. By default >> "/tmp" i

Re: [DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-06 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > A suggested addition to the pg_dump docs: > > This would be an extension to the documentation for the "tar" format: > > > The tar format needs some space to create temporary files. By default > > "/tmp" is used. On systems with small

Re: [DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-03 Thread Tom Lane
Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A suggested addition to the pg_dump docs: > This would be an extension to the documentation for the "tar" format: > The tar format needs some space to create temporary files. By default > "/tmp" is used. On systems with small "/tmp" partitions, set the >

[DOCS] pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR

2006-05-02 Thread Mark Stosberg
A suggested addition to the pg_dump docs: This would be an extension to the documentation for the "tar" format: 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 m