On 07/11/2012 13:01, Gary wrote: > Can anyone suggest how I could verify that the files created by pg_dump > are "okay"? They are being created for backup purposes, and the last > thing I want to do is find out that the backups themselves are in some > way corrupt. > > I know I can check the output of the command itself, but what if.. I > don't know... if there are problems with the disc it writes to, or > something like that. Is there any way to check whether the output file > is "valid" in the sense that it is complete and syntactically correct?
Reload it and test your application against it? Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland r...@iol.ie -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general