On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 4:18 AM, Matthias Schmitt <matthias.schmitt@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > sorry for the late response. > >> On 15 Mar 2016, at 18:59, rob stone <floriparob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I'm running Debian 4.3.5-1 (2016-02-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux. >> >> Backups are done via a shell script using double hyphen syntax, as in >> e.g.:- >> >> pg_dump --port=5433 --dbname=mydatabase_1_0_0 --username=mmppostgres >> --file=/my_backup_path/mydatabase_1_0_0.dump >> >> We do it twice. First with --data_only and the second time with >> --format=custom >> >> Hasn't failed yet. Don't know if this helps at all but worth a try. > > Thank you for your answer. But sorry, no, this does not change anything. Same server crash when executed in a cron job. It runs perfectly when executed manually from the shell. Is this related? http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAK7tEys9-O4BTERbs3Xuk2BfFNNd55u2sM9j5R2Fi7v6BHjrQw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Thomas Munro http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general