review db dump script and difference between pg_dump & pg_dumpall

From: "Chris Henderson" <henders254(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: review db dump script and difference between pg_dump & pg_dumpall
Date: 2008-10-09 03:29:30
Message-ID: d4ee74cf0810082029u4b0616a1k5c9a24ebd0a3acc1@mail.gmail.com
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I have written the following script to backup _all_ databases on
various servers that are running postgresql. I don't want anything
fancy - just be able to backup the database and restore when bad times
come. Just posting it here to be reviewed to see if I have made any
mistake:

#!/bin/bash
DIR=/backup
[ ! $DIR ] && mkdir -p $DIR || :
# ignore any name starting with ---, List, Name, ( or template 0 and 1
LIST=$(psql -l | awk '{ print $1}' | grep -vE
'^-|^List|^Name|^\(|template[0|1]')
for d in $LIST
do
pg_dump $d | gzip -c > $DIR/$d.out.postgres.`hostname`.gz
done

Also, I have read the respective manpages but never understood the
difference between pg_dump & pg_dumpall. But I noticed pg_dumpall
dumps the schema (?) and pg_dump dumps the actual tables and rows etc.

Thanks.

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