# tometzky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2006-11-06 12:26:43 +0100:
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006, CSN wrote:
>
> > Anybody know of a script that dumps all databases into
> > corresponding dump files
>
> I've written this one in bash:
>
> #########################################################
> #!/bin/bash
>
> pg_dumpall -g > /var/lib/pgsql/backups/globals.sql
> for dbname in `psql -qXtc "
> select
> datname from pg_catalog.pg_database
> where datname<>'template0'
> " template1`
> do
> pg_dump -b -F t "$dbname" > "/var/lib/pgsql/backups/$dbname.dump"
> done
> #########################################################
>
> This would break if any database name has white space.
Why don't you use "while" then?
psql -qXtc "$query" template1 | while read dbname; do
pg_dump -b -F t "$dbname" > "/var/lib/pgsql/backups/$dbname.dump"
done
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