Seems this should be added to the FAQ...
Robert Treat
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 16:27, Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> 7.3.2 has .pgpass where you can place the password.
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> Panchal, Ritesh wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to automate my backups using pg_dump. However, I am not able to
> > pass the password to the command. Has anybody sucessfully done automated
> > backup thru scripts?
> >
> > Thank you for your comments and suggestions.
> >
> > Ritesh.
> >
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