Re: BUG #10052: COPY (...) TO 'file' doesn't create file

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 05:54:36PM +0000, postgresql(dot)org(at)ch(dot)pkts(dot)ca wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 10052
> Logged by: PFudd
> Email address: postgresql(dot)org(at)ch(dot)pkts(dot)ca
> PostgreSQL version: 9.2.8
> Operating system: CentOS 6.5
> Description:
>
> In psql, this command works:
> # copy (select * from history) to STDOUT;
> It prints 957 lines to stdout.
>
> However, if I do:
> # copy (select * from history) to '/tmp/foo.txt';
> it prints
> COPY 957
> but doesn't create the file /tmp/foo.txt.

Uh, you realize that is a file on the server, not on the client. You
might want to try psql's \copy.

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