pg_dump's help provides this near the bottom: If no database name is not supplied, then the PGDATABASE environment variable value is used. Shouldn't that read: If no database name is supplied, then the PGDATABASE environment variable value is used. or: If the database name is not supplied, then the PGDATABASE environment variable value is used. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com ========================================================================== ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl