| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Victor Yegorov" <viy(at)pirmabanka(dot)lv> |
| Cc: | "Postgres Admin" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql invokation |
| Date: | 2003-03-21 15:10:49 |
| Message-ID: | 12650.1048259449@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Victor Yegorov" <viy(at)pirmabanka(dot)lv> writes:
> Is it possible to invoke psql from a script (executed via cron) and connect
> to remote server?
Sure.
> Actually, problem is that psql asks password and ignores any pipes I try.
In PG 7.3, the preferred way to deal with this is to keep passwords in
~/.pgpass. Note that this file cannot be found by psql unless HOME
is set in your environment --- which some crons don't set for you.
If the script works "by hand" and not from cron, suspect missing
environment values.
regards, tom lane
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