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From Bob Pawley
Subject pg_dump
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Msg-id 006201c70f48$26968890$8e904618@owner
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Responses Re: pg_dump  ("Konrad Neuwirth" <k.neuwirth@gmail.com>)
Re: pg_dump  (Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>)
Re: pg_dump  (Bricklen Anderson <banderson@presinet.com>)
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This is the example found in the documentation to dump a database.
 
"Examples

To dump a database:

$ pg_dump mydb > db.out"
The following - $ pg_dump aurel > aurel.out - gives me 
"ERROR:  syntax error at or near "$" at character 1"
What am I missing???
Bob
 

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