Re: Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Estimate the size of the SQL file generated by pg_dump utility
Date: 2007-03-05 15:34:51
Message-ID: 20070305153451.GB29211@a-kretschmer.de
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am Mon, dem 05.03.2007, um 20:25:21 +0530 mailte Ravindran G-TLS,Chennai. folgendes:
> Dear All,
>
> I have to take backup of a database as a SQL file using the pg_dump utility and
> I have to check the disk space
>
> before taking the backup. Hence I need to estimate the size of the pg_dump
> output.

You can take a empty backup by pipe the output to wc -c. Is this a
solution for you? You can see the result size in bytes.

Andreas
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