On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:20 AM, James Sewell <james.sew...@lisasoft.com>wrote:
> That looks great, but it doesn't really help with my problem unless I'm > missing something (very possible!) > > I need a way to backup either from SQL in PSQL (possibly \!) or from a > PG/PLSQL function to a file with a name set from a :variable. > > This would be triggered by a certain action in the database (applying a > patch). > I don't understand. To use psql, you would have to launch it with a command line, as far as I know. If psql is a viable option for you, then you should be able to execute other commands as well. That would make a bash script a viable option. How do you intend to launch psql?
