Re: Expect and scripting.

Eric,

> I have all my databases password protected hence a need for doing this for
backup.
>
> Currently this is what I am doing
>
> spawn /usr/bin/pg_dump -U myusername -b -c -F c -f /backup/databasename_sql
databasename
> expect Password:
> send "the_password\r"
>
> any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.

I would suggest instead configureing pg_hba.conf to allow "Trust" access from
the specific user and host that does the backup.   This will save you a lot
of trouble.

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-Josh Berkus

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