Have you tried the above? COPY BINARY dailybackup FROM <uncompressed file>
If so, what happened? -- Matheus de Oliveira Bacharelado em Ciências de Computação Laboratório de Computação de Alto Desempenho - LCAD<http://www.lcad.icmc.usp.br/> Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação - ICMC<http://www.icmc.usp.br/> Universidade de São Paulo - USP <http://www.sc.usp.br/> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Khangelani Gama <kg...@argility.com> wrote: > Someone in our company wrote a script that backs up data from a certain > table, that person left the company and no one is able to figure it out. > Part of this script has something like, look at the COPY BINARY command > just below: > > > > EXPORTFILE=${EXPORTFILE}.${AUD_UP_TO}_${MAX_AUDIT} > > *$PSQL -c "COPY BINARY dailybackup TO '$EF_PATH/$EXPORTFILE';"* > > > > if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then > > cd $EF_PATH > > tar cvzf ${EXPORTFILE}.tar.gz ${EXPORTFILE} > > if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then > > echo -e "Error while compressing tar file : " > > /tmp/backup.trickle.state > > echo `date` >> /tmp/backup.trickle.state > > > > fi > > > > echo "Backup to backup disk successful" > > > > echo "Update trickle checkpoint" > > > > ${ANT} run -Dclass=ucs.instore.ejb.system.SetTrickleCheckpoint > -Darg1=${MAX_AUDIT} > > > > > > > > I tried to untar the file which went through fine, but now inside the file > there is funny characters, see below: > > > > PGBCOPY > > ÿ^M > > ^@^D^C^B^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^R^@^D^@~UIS^@ÿÿ > ^@^@^@1~1~1^D^@^É^@^@^D^@^@^@^@^@ÿÿ^K^@^@^@day_endÿÿ^K^@^@^@central^H^@wIôðå϶Aÿÿ¶^B^@^@<?xml > version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>^M > > > > > > I am aware of the following format, but can’t figure out how many > characters should I specify and this backup system doesn’t use pg_dump > command? > > > > > > COPY [ BINARY ] table_name [ WITH OIDS ] > > FROM { 'filename' | STDIN } > > [ [USING] DELIMITERS 'delimiter' ] > > [ WITH NULL AS 'null string' ] > > > > > > > > Thanks in advanced > > > > > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > The contents of and attachments to this e-mail are intended for the addressee > only, and may contain the confidential information of Argility (Proprietary) > Limited and/or its subsidiaries. Any review, use or dissemination thereof by > anyone other than the intended addressee is prohibited. > If you are not the intended addressee please notify the writer immediately > and destroy the e-mail. Argility (Proprietary) Limited and its subsidiaries > distance themselves from and accept no liability for unauthorised use of > their e-mail facilities or e-mails sent other than strictly for business > purposes. > > >
