Re: mild modification to pg_dump

On 11/17/2017 02:23 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 11/17/2017 12:19 PM, marcelo wrote:
>> Sorry, I was not exact.
>> I don't need nor like to change pg_dump. Rather, based on pg_dump code, I
>> need to develop a daemon which can receive a TCP message (from a
>> privileged app) containing some elements: the database to dump, the user
>> under which do that, and his password. (My apps are using that same data,
>> of course, encripted to the common users).
>
>
> I would just fork pg_dump to do the actual dump rather than try and
> incorporate its source code into your app.
>

Specifically, do you mean to write a simple daemon which forks pg_dump at
the appropriate time?

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