Re: pg_dump with low priority?

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump with low priority?
Date: 2005-10-22 13:36:10
Message-ID: 20051022133610.GA3800@kaufbach.delug.de
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Bryan Field-Elliot <bryan_lists(at)netmeme(dot)org> schrieb:
> Is there any mechanism for running pg_dump with a lower priority? I don't mind
> if the backup takes two hours instead of half an hour, as long as other
> processes were getting their fair share of cycles.

You can use 'nice', see see the man-page.

Andreas
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