Re: doing backups - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: doing backups
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.02A.10004041212030.6042-100000@Utter.DoCS.UU.SE
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In response to Re: doing backups  ("Moray McConnachie" <moray.mcconnachie@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>)
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On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Moray McConnachie wrote:

> I missed the first half of this, but, if I have understood correctly, I
> don't think this is the case: you can do automated backups by doing
>
> echo -e 'username\npassword\n' | pg_dump -u databasename

The problem is concerning pg_dumpall. You can't assume that all databases
are password protected, nor that the same password works for all of them.


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