Yes Michael, I agree.
This is the CloseArchive function at pg_backup_custom.c
WriteHead(AH);
tpos = ftello(AH->FH);
WriteToc(AH);
ctx->dataStart = _getFilePos(AH, ctx);
WriteDataChunks(AH);
This is the WriteHead function at pg_backup_archiver.c:
(*AH->WriteBufPtr) (AH, "PGDMP", 5); /* Magic cod
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:20 AM, David Guimaraes wrote:
> Yeah bingo
Hm. While there is a magic-code header for the custom format, by
looking at the code I am not seeing any traces of a similar thing at
the end of the dump file (_CloseArchive in pg_backup_custom.c), and I
don't recall wither tha
Yeah bingo
Em 13/07/2015 22:11, "Michael Paquier" escreveu:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:58 AM, David Guimaraes
> wrote:
> > The backups were deleted. I need them to use pg_restore.
>
> So what you mean is that you are looking at your disk at FS level to
> find traces of those deleted backups by
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:58 AM, David Guimaraes wrote:
> The backups were deleted. I need them to use pg_restore.
So what you mean is that you are looking at your disk at FS level to
find traces of those deleted backups by analyzing their binary
format... Am I missing something?
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Michael
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The backups were deleted. I need them to use pg_restore.
Em 13/07/2015 21:18, "Michael Paquier" escreveu:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:28 AM, David Guimaraes
> wrote:
> > So I decided to try to understand the file format generated by
> > pgdump. Analyzing the source code of pgdump/recovery, i con
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:28 AM, David Guimaraes wrote:
> So I decided to try to understand the file format generated by
> pgdump. Analyzing the source code of pgdump/recovery, i concluded a few
> things:
>
> The header of the file always starts with "PGDMP" followed by pgdump version
> number use
Hello. I need some help.
I have the following situation. My client deleted a number of old backups
from a drive disc made by PGDUMP with custom flag activated. I could not
find any program to recover backup files made by PGDUMP of customized /
binary form. So I decided to try to understand the fil
