Re: Automate Postgres Backup In windows -> resolved

Thanks Richard.

For anyone interested
The link Richard was referring to can be found below.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/libpq-pgpass.Html

Kind Regards,
Shaun Clements

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev(at)archonet(dot)com]
Sent: 03 June 2005 09:20 AM
To: Shaun Clements
Cc: List
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Automate Postgres Backup In windows

Shaun Clements wrote:
> Problem there is the pg_dump requires a password.

Ah - you'll be wanting the ".pgpass" password file - there's a section in
the manuals under Client Interfaces/libpq

Not the place you'd first look, I'll admit.

Oh - might be worth googling for .pgpass and windows in case there are any
differences from *nix.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd