On 2009-06-14, Garry Saddington <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I ahve the following python file that I am running as an external method > in Zope. > > def backup(): > import os > os.popen("c:/scholarpack/postgres/bin/pg_dump scholarpack > > c:/scholarpack/ancillary/scholarpack.sql") are you sure you're using os.popen correctly? you don't appear to be waiting for the pg_dump process to finish. > data=open('c:/scholarpack/ancillary/scholarpack.sql','r') > r=data.read() > data.close > return r > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general