Joao Miguel Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> This is what I do:

> system("su postgres -c \"pg_dumpall --clean > some_file\"");

> this is run from within a Perl module called from within a Perl script.

> I've tried the same command directlly on the shell and it works fine.
> But from the perl script it complaints about pg_dump !!!???

Maybe strace would yield some useful info, ie

system("su postgres -c \"strace -f pg_dumpall --clean > some_file 
2>strace.out\"");

What platform and PG version is this exactly?

                        regards, tom lane

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