Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump

>> Now, if only I could think of some way to write a parallel dump to a
>> set of pipes, I'd be in heaven.
> 
> The only way I can see that working sanely would be to have a program
> gathering stuff at the other end of the pipes, and ensuring it was all
> coherent. That would be a huge growth in scope for this, and I seriously
> doubt it's worth it.

Oh, no question.  And there's workarounds ... sshfs, for example.  I'm
just thinking of the ad-hoc parallel backup I'm running today, which
relies heavily on pipes.

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