Re: automating remote pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: automating remote pg_dump
Date
Msg-id 3031.1108074318@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to automating remote pg_dump  (Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>)
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Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> writes:
> I notice pg_dump does'nt have a '-P' flag to provide a password,

~/.pgpass is the preferred solution.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html

            regards, tom lane

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