Hi Greg,
Yeah, thanks a lot. Works perfect. The correct perl code is:
my $backupargs = sprintf("-f \"%s\" -F p --clean -U postgres -h
localhost %s", $backupfile, $DBName);
Cheers
Thomas
Am 09.06.2011 22:16, schrieb Greg Sabino Mullane:
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>> COMMAND: E:\PostgreSQL\8.4SS\bin/pg_dump.exe -f
>> //nas-tb/DBBackups/PostgresDBBackup_TB-WS_misdwh_20110609151147.bak -F p
>> --clean -U postgres -h localhost misdwh
> ...
>> The interesting thing is, that it asks for a password for a database
>> named "TB". Only god knows where that comes from! The name of my
>> database is 'misdwh' and as can be seen on the command is passed as last
>> parameter.
> I would guess that TB is coming from the underscore in the filename.
> Try quoting the entire argument to -f like so:
>
> E:\PostgreSQL\8.4SS\bin/pg_dump.exe
> -f "//nas-tb/DBBackups/PostgresDBBackup_TB-WS_misdwh_20110609151147.bak"
> -F p --clean -U postgres -h localhost misdwh
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> - --
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
> End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/
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