Re: COPY TO / COPY FROM

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Cédric Buschini <cbuschini(at)carax(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: COPY TO / COPY FROM
Date: 2005-09-23 13:47:03
Message-ID: 20050923134703.GA73062@winnie.fuhr.org
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-admin pgsql-sql

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 01:48:33PM +0200, Cédric Buschini wrote:
> =====================
> psql -h192.168.XXX.XXX -dDATABASE -Upostgres << EOF > /home/postgres/FILE
> COPY TABLE TO stdout;
> EOF
>
> psql -h192.168.XXX.XXX -dDATABASE -Upostgres << EOF
> COPY carax_exec_bck FROM '/home/postgres/FILE';
> EOF
> =======================
>
> I got this error :
> ERROR: could not open file "/home/postgres/FILE" for reading: No such
> file or directory

Are the client and server on the same machine? The use of the -h
option suggests perhaps not. In the first command you're redirecting
psql's output to a file on the client machine, and in the second
command you're trying to read a file on the server machine.

--
Michael Fuhr

In response to

Browse pgsql-admin by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Scott Marlowe 2005-09-23 15:23:44 Re: Encrypted Disks
Previous Message Spiegelberg, Greg 2005-09-23 13:07:35 Re: postgresql cluster on SAN

Browse pgsql-sql by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Hilary Forbes 2005-09-23 14:09:52 Where are user defined functions stored?
Previous Message Michael Fuhr 2005-09-23 13:30:22 Re: Issue with UPDATE statement on v8