On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 5:11 AM tushar <tushar.ah...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > One scenario where I feel error message is confusing and if it is not > supported at all then error message need to be a little bit more clear > > if we use -z (or -Z ) with -t , we are getting this error > [edb@centos7tushar bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -t server:/tmp/test0 -Xfetch -z > pg_basebackup: error: only tar mode backups can be compressed > Try "pg_basebackup --help" for more information. > > but after removing -z option backup is in tar mode only > > edb@centos7tushar bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -t server:/tmp/test0 -Xfetch > [edb@centos7tushar bin]$ ls /tmp/test0 > backup_manifest base.tar
OK, fair enough, I can adjust the error message for that case. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
