Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes:
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com>
> wrote:
>> I humbly request on behalf of those who manage production postgresql
>> instances that we change the default backup file format from -Fp to -Fc.
> I'm a bit worried about it breaking peoples scripts as well, if they
> pipe the output.
Whether they pipe the output or not, this will break people's scripts.
I agree it's a legacy behavior that we wouldn't choose again, but you
could say that about an awful lot of things including much of the SQL
standard. I think it's too late to consider this now.
regards, tom lane
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