Re: Backup error - Pls help

While I issue
which pg_dump it is showed me
/usr/local/pg_dump

But how to run the backup utility pg_dump to backup my database.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Huxton" <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: "Kumar" <sgnerd(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)sg>; "psql" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Backup error - Pls help

> On Monday 22 September 2003 10:01, Kumar wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 2 versions of Postgres server 7.2 & 7.3.4 installed on Linux
server
> > 7.3. I have not started the Postgres Server 7.2 which is located at
> > /var/library/pgsql.
>
> RedHat 7.3 I guess you mean?
>
> > I am running and using only 7.3.4 located at /usr/local/pgsql.
> >
> > After I login, I come to the /usr/local/pgsql/bin and then issued the
> > following
> >
> >
> > [usr1(at)Linuxsvr bin]$ pg_dump -h 192.168.2.51 -f /home/usr1/prod.sql prod
> > pg_dump: server version: pg_dump.mo; pg_dump version: 7.2.1
> > pg_dump: aborting because of version mismatch (Use the -i option to
> > proceed anyway.) [usr1(at)Linuxsvr bin]$ pg_dump -h 192.168.2.51 -i -f
> > /home/usr1/prod.sql prod
>
> What directory you are in has nothing to do with which copy of a program
you
> will run. There is a utility called "which" to help you: "which pg_dump".
> Almost certainly what you want to do is:
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -h ...
>
> You probably want to get a book on unix/linux and read up about the
various
> search paths.
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd