Re: supply user/pass to pg_dump noninteractive

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Peter Pilsl <pilsl(at)goldfisch(dot)at>
Cc: postgres mailinglist <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: supply user/pass to pg_dump noninteractive
Date: 2001-04-21 15:07:44
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0104211706350.758-100000@peter.localdomain
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Peter Pilsl writes:

> for backup-purposes I'd like to run pg_dump in a script. Is there any
> easy way to provide the user/pass-information noninteractive or do I
> need to change the source/provide a wrapper ?

Try one of

export PGPASSWORD=foo
pg_dump

or

(echo "username"; echo "password") | pg_dump

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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