# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2006-11-06 12:26:43 +0100:
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006, CSN wrote:
> 
> > Anybody know of a script that dumps all databases into
> > corresponding dump files
> 
> I've written this one in bash:
> 
> #########################################################
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> pg_dumpall -g > /var/lib/pgsql/backups/globals.sql
> for dbname in `psql -qXtc "
>               select
>               datname from pg_catalog.pg_database
>               where datname<>'template0'
>               " template1`
> do
>       pg_dump -b -F t "$dbname" > "/var/lib/pgsql/backups/$dbname.dump"
> done
> #########################################################
> 
> This would break if any database name has white space.

    Why don't you use "while" then?

    psql -qXtc "$query" template1 | while read dbname; do
        pg_dump -b -F t "$dbname" > "/var/lib/pgsql/backups/$dbname.dump"
    done

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