Re: database backup - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Darren Ferguson
Subject Re: database backup
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0207062240580.25989-100000@thread.crystalballinc.com
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In response to database backup  (Sanjeev Rathore <intmail2002@yahoo.com>)
List pgsql-general
If you are using a Unix environment then you should use cron and then
pg_dump in order to produce a complete backup of the database.

See the pg_dump --help for complete list of commands

Then the shell script in the cron job can call pg_dump with the relevant
options

HTH

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Sanjeev Rathore wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking into how I should backup my PostgreSQL
> database.  Is there a way to do incremental backup?  I
> think incremental back seems to be a better solution
> in the long run, because it is more scalable.  Does
> anybody have any suggestions as to how I should go
> about backing up my database?
>
> thanks,
> Sanjeev
>
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