>I want to backup a database but exclude certain schemas with a patter. >I have 100 schemas with the pattern: 'sch_000', 'sch_001', and so on. >Will this work? >$pg_dump <other_options> --exclude-schema='sch_*' >this does not seem to exclude all schemas with this pattern ( 'sch_*' ), >anything wrong here? >thanks It works fine on PostgreSQL 9.2.1. When both -n and -N are given, the behavior is to dump just the schemas that match at least one -n switch but no -N switches. If -N appears without -n, then schemas matching -N are excluded from what is otherwise a normal dump. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/pg-dump-question-exclude-schemas-tp5768872p5769872.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general