On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Carlos Mennens <carlos.mennens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm trying to get the automated backup scripts to work from: > > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Linux > > Currently I'm using PostgreSQL 9.1.3 and have the following three files: > > carlos@db1:~/postgresql$ ls -l > total 20 > drwxr-xr-x 2 carlos users 4096 Mar 7 13:13 backup > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 1434 Mar 7 13:19 pg_backup.config > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 4304 Mar 7 12:54 pg_backup_rotated.sh > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 3379 Mar 7 12:54 pg_backup.sh > > My Linux shell user 'carlos' has rwx to the entire directory as well > as the database role 'carlos' is listed as a REPLICATION role: > > postgres=# \du > List of roles > Role name | Attributes > | Member of > -----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+----------- > carlos | Superuser, No inheritance, Create role, Create DB, > Replication | {it} > > Now when I attempt to run the script for the 1st time, I get the > following error: > > carlos@db1:~/postgresql$ pwd > /home/carlos/postgresql > > carlos@db1:~/postgresql$ ls -l > total 20 > drwxr-xr-x 2 carlos users 4096 Mar 7 13:13 backup > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 1435 Mar 7 13:25 pg_backup.config > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 4304 Mar 7 12:54 pg_backup_rotated.sh > -rw-r--r-- 1 carlos users 3379 Mar 7 12:54 pg_backup.sh > > carlos@db1:~/postgresql$ sh pg_backup.sh > pg_backup.sh: 7: cd: can't cd to pg_backup.sh Doesn't this mean it's trying to cd to a file instead of a directory? Andrew -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general