Re: pg_restore: [archiver] input file does not appear to be a valid archive

<ogjunk-pgjedan@yahoo.com> writes:
> This is how I'm dumping my DB:

> # pg_dump -d mydb --clean --inserts --column-inserts --format=P -v -h
> localhost -p 5432 -U otis > dbdump

> # pg_restore -a -d myOtherDbName dbdump
> pg_restore: [archiver] input file does not appear to be a valid archive

Plain dump format is a script to feed to psql.  pg_restore is only for
the other two formats.

            regards, tom lane