Re: Error while running pg_dump

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
> $ pg_dump -Ft -v test1 | gzip > test1.pdmp.tar.gz
> pg_dump: saving database definition
> pg_dump: reading namespaces
> pg_dump: reading user-defined types
> [snip]
> pg_dump: dumping contents of table t_lane_tx2
> pg_dump: dumping contents of table t_lane_tx
> pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 47,
> attempted 317)

> Has anyone seen this error before?

Sounds like this:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2003-08/msg00025.php

If you're not suffering from /tmp overflow, let us know.

            regards, tom lane