Re: Differential Backups

quote from gnu diff man page:

-h     This option currently has no effect; it is present for Unix
compatibility.

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Paul Tomblin
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:31 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Differential Backups


Quoting Alvaro Herrera (alvherre@atentus.com):
> > Interesting idea.  The one thing I might worry about is that 'diff'
> > might (I'm not familiar with its algorithm) eat a great deal of memory
> > if the dumps you're comparing are very large and significantly
> > different.
>
> GNU diff reads in memory both files. You sure need lots to compare
> medium sized databases, and I don't think this method will work on big
> ones.

Doesn't GNU diff have the "-h" option?

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