Re: automating remote pg_dump

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dick Davies <rasputnik(at)hellooperator(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: automating remote pg_dump
Date: 2005-02-10 22:25:18
Message-ID: 3031.1108074318@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dick Davies <rasputnik(at)hellooperator(dot)net> writes:
> I notice pg_dump does'nt have a '-P' flag to provide a password,

~/.pgpass is the preferred solution.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html

regards, tom lane

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