Hi, I found my problem. When I put the 'pg_dump' command in a file, I used a 'Windows' editor instead of a 'Unix' editor. This appears to have caused the problem. When I converted to file from 'DOS' to 'Unix' format, psql executed the command in the file with no error. Sorry for the false alarm.
Thanks, Rich -----Original Message----- From: Richard Harris Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:25 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Execute pg_dump using psql Hi, I'm trying to use the psql application to execute pg_dump to backup a database named test_db. When I run psql interactively, as user dba connected to database test_db, and enter the command \! pg_dump -U dba -f /backup/adp_test_db.bak -F c test_db The command executes with no error and the database gets backed up. However, when I put the command in the file /backup/backup.cmd and pass the file to psql as psql -f /backup/backup.cmd test_db dba The command fails with the message " does not exist database "test_dbdatabase "test_db. Please tell me what I am doing wrong. Thanks, Rich Harris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
