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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