PostgreSQL Bugs - pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member error

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pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member error

filip filipov

2005-06-12, 1:24 pm

Hello!

I'm using PostgreSQL 8.0.2. PG_DUMP can create the backup tar file.
"pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 2279,
attempted 7211)"
the command I use is: "pg_dump -Ft -Upostgres -b databasename >
/var/tmp/backup.tar"

I've been using postgresql 7.4.2 before and the backup was working properly.
any ideas?

Filip

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Tom Lane

2005-06-12, 1:24 pm

"filip filipov" <filip.filipov@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm using PostgreSQL 8.0.2. PG_DUMP can create the backup tar file.
> "pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not write to tar member (wrote 2279,
> attempted 7211)"
> the command I use is: "pg_dump -Ft -Upostgres -b databasename >
> /var/tmp/backup.tar"

Are you sure you have enough space in /var/tmp?

Another possibility is that the backup.tar file needs to exceed 4Gb but
your copy of pg_dump was compiled without large-file support.

regards, tom lane

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