easy backup?

Hi all,

as we all know one has to pg_dump a db before backuping it.
But wouldn't it be possible to create a "named pipe" (mknod) that, on read access, starts pg_dump
and returns its output?
That way we wouldn't have to teach each (remote) backup how to dump the db.

[ ] bad idea
[ ] good idea
[ ] idiot

rgds
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