easy backup?

From: Nabil Sayegh <postgresql(at)e-trolley(dot)de>
To: pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: easy backup?
Date: 2004-02-21 14:22:52
Message-ID: 403769BC.7020900@e-trolley.de
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Hi all,

as we all know one has to pg_dump a db before backuping it.
But wouldn't it be possible to create a "named pipe" (mknod) that, on read access, starts pg_dump
and returns its output?
That way we wouldn't have to teach each (remote) backup how to dump the db.

[ ] bad idea
[ ] good idea
[ ] idiot

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