perrin:~# su postgres -c '/usr/bin/pg_dump leted | tar -czf /dev/nst0 -'
tar: -: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors


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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

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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