Re: Not a valid archive? - newbie question

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:53:25 -0500,
  Jeremy Speer <jspeer@pobox.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Newbie here.... with hopefully a newbie question.
>
> I'm running pg 7.2.3 on RedHat 8... so far with tremendous success.

You should upgrade to at 7.2.4. This won't require an initdb and should
be relatively painless.

>
> I did a pg_dump of a fairly large DB sometime ago... and now i'm trying
> to pg_restore it.

If it is a text dump use psql to do the restore. pg_restore is for use
with nontext dumps.

>
> I get a reponse saying "does not appear to be a valid archive"
>
> I can view the dump in a text editor.... it *seems* fine and intact.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Responses of RTFM are welcome if you reference an M and page number :-)
>
> thanks,
>
> -jspeer
>
>
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