On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 02:20, Nirav Parikh wrote: > Hi, > > I am having problem backing up database from crontab, I got following > lines in crontab file > > > 0 20 * * 5 /usr/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -F c database > > /usr/backup/friDATE4.pgdump > 0 20 * * 4 pg_dump -F c database > /usr/backup/thurDATE06-3.pgdump > > none of them works, I have given full permission to everyone in > /usr/backup directory > > it creates the dump file but with 0 size - empty! > > I have other commands in crontab which executes normally, also pg_dump > command works through command line. > > does anyone what else I can check? Often, I need to add the path to the pg_dump files, and I also set my shell and home directory in my crontab. Don't know if it'll help, but it won't hurt. PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/bin:/usr/bin SHELL=/bin/bash HOME=/home/smarlowe Then I set my passwords in the ~/.pgpass file so that the various psql scripts can log in.
