I created this script sometime ago and it works fine for me and
others.. Maybe it might work for you
http://www.zeroaccess.org/postgresql-backup
1.0RC1 is pretty stable I have ran it for 3 weeks without any problems
Quoting "Rob Richardson" <Rob.Richardson@rad-con.com>:
> Greetings again!
>
> A few days ago, I visited a customer's site to talk about administering
> our system, which is developed around a PostGres database. One of the
> topics was how to back up the database. I described the process of
> using PgAdmin to back up and restore a database, and I said a backup
> should be done every night. I was asked how to automate the procedure,
> and I couldn't answer. A database administrator said, "There's got to
> be a way. Otherwise, PostGres wouldn't have survived". I agree with
> him. The only answers I've found on the Internet involve creating a
> password-less account and using that to run pg_dump. What is the
> official best way to automatically back up a PostGres database?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> RobR
>
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