| From: | Ivo Rossacher <rossacher(at)bluewin(dot)ch> |
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| To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_dump from crontab |
| Date: | 2006-08-10 19:00:09 |
| Message-ID: | 200608102100.10084.rossacher@bluewin.ch |
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Am Freitag, 4. August 2006 09.20 schrieb Nirav Parikh:
> Hi,
>
> I am having problem backing up database from crontab, I got following
> lines in crontab file
>
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> 0 20 * * 5 /usr/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -F c database >
> /usr/backup/friDATE4.pgdump
> 0 20 * * 4 pg_dump -F c database > /usr/backup/thurDATE06-3.pgdump
>
> none of them works, I have given full permission to everyone in
> /usr/backup directory
>
> it creates the dump file but with 0 size - empty!
>
> I have other commands in crontab which executes normally, also pg_dump
> command works through command line.
>
> does anyone what else I can check?
Probably the permission at the database which the user has that owns the
crontab file?
Does the command work in a shell of this user?
Best regards
Ivo
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> Regards,
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> Nirav
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