Re: >>>>> pg_dump in crontab

Iwan Tutuka Pambudi wrote:
>$ crontab -l
>30 23 * * * pg_dump test > test.out
>
>I got an error massage
>/bin/sh: pg_dump: command not found
>
>$ which pg_dump
>/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump

cron has a very limited search list for executables; you should set PATH
in the command or use the full pathname for pg_dump:

30 23 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump test > test.out

or

30 23 * * * PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:$PATH pg_dump test > test.out

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