pg_dump -Ft failed on Windows XP - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Yoshiyuki Asaba
Subject pg_dump -Ft failed on Windows XP
Date
Msg-id 20060420.130629.74732366.y-asaba@sraoss.co.jp
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Hi,

I got the following message when I ran pg_dump with -Ft option on
Windows XP.

> pg_dump -V
pg_dump (PostgreSQL) 8.1.2

> pg_dump -Ft test > C:\backup\xxx.out
pg_dump: [tar archiver] could not generate temporary file name: Permission denied


pg_dump calls tmpfile() in pg_backup_tar.c:tarOpen(). Win32's
tmpfile() creates the file into root folder. But non-administrator
users can't create files into root folder. So, I think it fails that
non-administrator users run pg_dump with -Ft option.

Regards,
--
Yoshiyuki Asaba
y-asaba@sraoss.co.jp


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