Re: Using pg_dump in a cron

On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Patrick(dot)FICHE(at)AQSACOM(dot)COM wrote:

> Your "cron" job on ALIS
> . $HOME/.profile; pg_dump alis -U postgres -f $AQSADIR/data/backup/
> alis_data.sql -a -d >/dev/null 2>&1
>
> produced the following output:
>
> stty: : No such device or address
> What's wrong with it ?
>

Your .profile executes the stty command. Don't do that. Why do you
need stuff from your .profile anyhow?

And why would you drop the output to /dev/null -- you'll never know
if your dump fails! Why bother making one then?

Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
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