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Recommend more clearly custom pg_dump format over tar, buy showing

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custom format examples first.
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Bruce Momjian 2006-05-06 23:25:37 +00:00
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.83 2006/04/15 18:11:16 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.84 2006/05/06 23:25:37 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>c</></term>
<term><literal>custom</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Output a custom archive suitable for input into
<application>pg_restore</application>. This is the most flexible
format in that it allows reordering of loading data as well
as object definitions. This format is also compressed by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>t</></term>
<term><literal>tar</></term>
@ -257,19 +270,6 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>c</></term>
<term><literal>custom</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Output a custom archive suitable for input into
<application>pg_restore</application>. This is the most flexible
format in that it allows reordering of loading data as well
as object definitions. This format is also compressed by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
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</para>
<para>
To dump a database called <literal>mydb</> to a <filename>tar</filename>
To dump a database called <literal>mydb</> to a file in custom format:
file:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -Ft mydb &gt; db.tar</userinput>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_dump -Fc mydb &gt; db.out</userinput>
</screen>
</para>
@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ CREATE DATABASE foo WITH TEMPLATE template0;
To reload this dump into an existing database called <literal>newdb</>:
<screen>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_restore -d newdb db.tar</userinput>
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>pg_restore -d newdb db.out</userinput>
</screen>
</para>