Re: Bad pg_dump error message

Mike Christensen <mike@kitchenpc.com> writes:
> Oh reading the online docs, it looks like what I may have wanted was:
> --format=custom

Right.  That does everything tar format does, only better --- the only
thing tar format beats it at is you can disassemble it with tar.  Back
in the day that seemed like a nice thing, open standards and all; but
the 8GB per file limit is starting to get annoying.

            regards, tom lane