Re: Create Linux Script for PostgreSQL database backup - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Kaolin Fire wrote:
> For that matter:
>
> echo "1   3   *   *   *   postgres   /usr/local/bin/pg_dumpall >
> ~/backup.sql" >> /etc/crontab
>
> note to remember the two >>'s so you don't obliterate your crontab like
> I just did.

Unless things have changed, and they might have, you have to tell cron
to reread the crontab file for it to process your addition.  Your better
solution is to use the tools designed for editing crontab, such as
'crontab -e.'  If you use this tool, crontab will automagically reread
the file.

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                             AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995