Is this the right place to post this? I set up the same characteristics on the console, and it runs fine, (COPY commands will import back, right? That's what it output.) On the console, it was: pg_dump -vaF p -f dbase.sql -U user-name dbase-name More details: about 11 tables, practically empty. no other fancy stuff like functions/views/installed languages/blah,blah running on Ubuntu latptop I don't know if I have log files set up or where they'd be. Dennis Gearon Signature Warning ---------------- EARTH has a Right To Life I agree with Bolivian President Evo Morales # The right to life: "The right for no ecosystem to be eliminated by the irresponsible acts of human beings." # The right of biosystems to regenerate themselves: "Development cannot be infinite. There's a limit on everything." # The right to a clean life: "The right for Mother Earth to live without contamination, pollution. Fish and animals and trees have rights." # The right to harmony and balance between everyone and everything: "We are all interdependent." See the movie - 'Inconvenient Truth' See the movie - 'Syriana' -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general