RE: can't run pg_dump in sh script using crontab

Hello Mitch,

Thank you for your fast reply.
Besides I am new to Postgres, I am new to linux too.

PG_VERSION contains 7.0
I have a single version of Postgres, so pg_dump
is the same version. File HISTORY contains "Release 7.0.3".
I connect to linux as user "oracle". He has an access to
database "dbname" and can SELECT data using psql. As far as
I remember, I create this database as user "oracle".
I usually start postmaster as user "oracle".
And I edit crontab as "oracle".
As "oracle", I can run this shell script by hand and get a good
dump file.
But I get nothing if I run it using cron.
I think, may be oracle pg_dump can't find database
"dbname" when it runs by crontab ?

Thanks,
Slava

-----Original Message-----
From: Mitch Vincent [mailto:mitch(at)venux(dot)net]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 10:03 PM
To: Kogotkov, Vyacheslav
Subject: Re: can't run pg_dump in sh script using crontab

You probably aren't running pg_dump as the user that has access to
PostgreSQL.

-Mitch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kogotkov, Vyacheslav" <Vyacheslav(dot)Kogotkov(at)artificial-life(dot)com>
To: "PostgreSQL General" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: can't run pg_dump in sh script using crontab

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I have a sh-script which run pg_dump by hand successfully. But
> I have no results when I run this script using crontab. Unfortunately, I'm
> new for Postgres and even have no idea, what the matter. I can't get
> any error log.
> Please, help me.
> Here is my sh-script:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> PG_BIN=/ora/pgsql/bin
> BACKUP_DEST=/ora/home/FOR_POSTGRES/backup/dump
>
> $PG_BIN/pg_dump -f $BACKUP_DEST/`date +%d%m%Y`_cspb.dmp dbname
>
> Thanks,
> Slava
>
>