[TriLUG] Using gzip to backup postgres to tape

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Andrew Perrin wrote:

> Thanks, but gzip actually handles tar format fine;

yes of course (doh).

o gzip handles tar format

o the tape drive wants tar format.

I don't have a tape drive to test this on, so I hope I'm not 
wasting your time, but you didn't tell me what happened with

>> /usr/bin/pg_dump leted | tar -czf /dev/nst0 -

Joe
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