Re: how to use pg_dump and then restored onto development server

On 6/29/05, Douglas McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org> wrote:
> "Zlatko Matic" <zlatko.matic1@sb.t-com.hr> writes:
>
> > OK..i get it. It works...
> > My additional question is: how to incorporate timestamp in dumped file
> > name ?
> > Let's say, if we have script: pg_dump -f D:\MYDB_BCP -Fc -c -x -h
> > localhost -U postgres MYDB,
> > so that output file is named something like MYDB_BCP_2005-29-01, for
> > example. Is that possible?
>
> I'm sure it's possible, but I'm not an expert on Windows batch command
> language.  There are some good references for that stuff on the
> web--check them out.
>

To get the date in a format that should work for you in win2000 and
winxp, open a command prompt and type the following command:
FOR /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %f IN ('date /t') DO (echo %h-%g-%f)

To get the same date format inside a .bat batch script, replace each %
sign with two % signs, like this:
FOR /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%f IN ('date /t') DO (echo %%h-%%g-%%f)

You can run a similar command to get the current timestamp as well.
For more information on how to do this, and to better understand the
commands above, open a command prompt and type "for /?"... you will
see a help screen on the FOR construct in the windows command shell.

enjoy:)

Matt