Re: Out of space making backup - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John R Pierce
Subject Re: Out of space making backup
Date
Msg-id 4B34E11F.8040403@hogranch.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to Out of space making backup  (Farhan Malik <malikpiano@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
Farhan Malik wrote:
> When making a backup of my database I run out of space.  I tell it to
> put the backup file on my K: drive, which has tons of free space, but
> during the backup postgresql creates a temporary folder on my C: Drive
> where it initially writes data.  I don't have enough space on my C:
> drive for all the data and so I get an out of space error.  Is there a
> way to have postgre use one my drives with lots of free space for the
> temporary folder?  I'm using version 8.3.9-1.
>



what tool are you using for this backup process?


pgsql-general by date:

Previous
From: John R Pierce
Date:
Subject: Re: Session based transaction!!
Next
From: Tom Lane
Date:
Subject: Re: date_trunc on date is immutable?