Kevin Kempter <kevink@consistentstate.com> wrote:
> I want to gather OS command based stats such as the results of commands
> like: 'df' 'iostat' 'free' etc and put the results into a temp table that I
> can then select from.
> I need to do this all from the db since I wont have OS/shell access,
> only 'psql -h' access. Is this possible?
> Can I somehow leverage the '\!' meta command in psql to pull results of OS
> commands into a table?
psql's "\!" commands are executed on the /client/ box. You
could try using PL/Perl or PL/Python, but chances are that
if you aren't allowed shell access to the database server,
these paths of entry are also blocked.
Tim
