Re: Help automate pg_dump

Hmmm.

Please let the list know if you get a solution, I am about to go to 7.2 on
my production machines but that could be a show stopper if the cron job
cannot automatically back it up anymore.

Terry Fielder
Network Engineer
Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes
terry@greatgulfhomes.com

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> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of
> nothanks@nowhere.com
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 10:01 PM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Help automate pg_dump
>
>
> We just upgraded from 7.1.3 to 7.2.1 and are at a loss on how to
> script the pg_dump routine. We use this tool for backup, but can not
> get around the requirement for username/password to be interactive.
>
> We require login from the localhost, and can not revert to trusted
> connections.
>
> If the username/password must be interactive, how can I script backup
> of the server?
>
> Evan,
>
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