Thanks, but gzip actually handles tar format fine; sending the same output
to a file instead of tape works without problem.
To confirm that it's about writing to the tape, I tried this:
cat 2006-02-21.backup.log | /bin/gzip -c > /dev/nst0
gzip: stdout: Invalid argument
which shows that something about gzip's output makes the tape drive choke.
Andy
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Andrew Perrin wrote:
pg_dump actually produces tar output (that's the -F t option).
OK. (Just guessing) gzip may not handle tar format. Can you leave off the -F
t ?
what about
/usr/bin/pg_dump leted | tar -czf /dev/nst0 -
Joe
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