From: | Gunnar Lindholm <gunix(at)telia(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Crontab and PostgreSQL Backup |
Date: | 2000-10-05 19:53:41 |
Message-ID: | 00100522053800.00314@dilbert |
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>I use PostgreSQL version 7.0.2 for Linux Conectiva 5.1 Server, and I
> would like to know how do I do to configure and start the PostgreSQL's backup
> and restore
>using crontab?
restore with crontab???
Anyway.
Put a line in crontab like:
3 5 * * * /script/backdb.sh
and the script /script/backdb.sh
could then look like:
#!/bin/bash
DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
/usr/pgsql/bin/pg_dump databas > /tmp/dump.$DATE
then you have a file in /tmp/dump.$DATE that you could put on tape or whatever
you use. Use pg_dumpall if you want all databases.
You might want to consider making a backup of the files (for example
pg_hba.conf) in PGDATA directory. Read the man page for details about OID's.
Good luck.
Gunnar.
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