Re: pg_dumpall from a script

From: Raghu Ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: James Sewell <james(dot)sewell(at)lisasoft(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dumpall from a script
Date: 2013-10-22 05:05:29
Message-ID: CALnrrJRRu+WYb2=bSgaRA+82vmYPPVG694u914w4gAy_OWLjag@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:07 AM, James Sewell <james(dot)sewell(at)lisasoft(dot)com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I need to trigger a database dump from a SQL script (or function, but I
> think that is even less likely).
>
> I know I can do:
>
> \! pg_dumpall > /mydir/myfile
>
> Which is fine, but I need to use a variable to set the name.
>
> \set myfile 'filename'
> \! pg_dumpall > /mydir/:myfile
>
> Doesn't seem to work.
>
> Any ideas?
>

Below URL provides more information of Automated database Backup's on Linux:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Linux

Thanks & Regards
Raghu Ram

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