Re: Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility
Date
Msg-id 20070305153451.GB29211@a-kretschmer.de
Whole thread Raw
In response to Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility  ("Ravindran G-TLS,Chennai." <ravindran_g@hcl.in>)
List pgsql-performance
am  Mon, dem 05.03.2007, um 20:25:21 +0530 mailte Ravindran G-TLS,Chennai. folgendes:
> Dear All,
>
> I have to take backup of a database as a SQL file using the pg_dump utility and
> I have to check the disk space
>
> before taking the backup. Hence I need to estimate the size of the pg_dump
> output.

You can take a empty backup by pipe the output to wc -c. Is this a
solution for you? You can see the result size in bytes.


Andreas
--
Andreas Kretschmer
Kontakt:  Heynitz: 035242/47150,   D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header)
GnuPG-ID:   0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA   http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net

pgsql-performance by date:

Previous
From: "Ravindran G-TLS,Chennai."
Date:
Subject: Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility
Next
From: "Steven Flatt"
Date:
Subject: Turning off Autovacuum