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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
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Msg-id 15073.1149106242@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe  (Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>)
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Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> writes:
> Exactly my point; how many production Windows servers do you have with gzip
> anywhere near them? Andreas' point about pipes is also valid though - it's
> simply not the norm on Windows as I found when we were porting Slony
> (more.exe barfs at >8MB being pipe in).

I don't see that we should allow Windows' deficiencies to be an argument
against providing a facility that would be useful on all our other platforms.
        regards, tom lane

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