Re: Scheduled backup in postgresql

["Dilipkumar" <dilipkumar_parikh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

BKPDIR=/var/postgres/dumps

 

/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -d genx | gzip > ${BKPFILE}.txt.gz 2>${BKPDIR}/bkp.err

 

Thanks & Regards
Dilipkumar

----- Original Message -----

From: Aaron Bono

To: Mostafizur Rahaman Sohel

Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:00 AM

Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Scheduled backup in postgresql

On 7/29/06, Mostafizur Rahaman Sohel <sohel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
Actually I was trying to create backup schedule using postgresql enterprise manager. But failed to do it. Please let me know how I can create backup schedule in postgresql?
Regards,

Sohel

Set up a cron job to run pg_dump.  See:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/backup.html

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