[GENERAL] error codes when running pg_dumpall from a perl script.
Hi, If this was better posed in a different postgres group, please let me know. I'm having problems when running pg_dumpall from a perl script. Here's the line that's executing the backup. `pg_dumpall -o |bzip2 -z -c > $os_bkup_loc/byt_pgdump_full.bz2` or warn "Error while running probably all OK. $! \n"; During the run the following error is reported "Error while running probably all OK.. Illegal seek " i.e. the error code reported by $! is "Illegal seek" I've ran a backup manually, and there are no error messages. When running the backup from with a perl script, (but not sending the output through bzip2) the error still occurs, but diffing the output of that with the output of pg_dumpall -o when ran from the command line and there's only two minor differences (which seem to be within some objectIDs. I can post that diff if anyone thinks it may help. the environment variables PGUSER and PGPASSWORD are set earlier in the script. I've searched the archives of the mail lists, and found no references to illegal seeks WRT running pg_dump. Anyone got any clues ? -- Simon Crute ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
Re: [GENERAL] error codes when running pg_dumpall from a perl script.
"Allan Engelhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > You'll want to ask on the perl groups, but briefly you get an illegal seek when your command writes to the error file descriptor: > > % perl -e '`echo hi 1>&2` or warn "Oops: $! $?";' > hi > Oops: Illegal seek 0 at -e line 1. > > It's a perl feature, not a bug ;-) Try Ahh. Thanks for that. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [GENERAL] error codes when running pg_dumpall from a perl script.
You'll want to ask on the perl groups, but briefly you get an illegal seek when your command writes to the error file descriptor: % perl -e '`echo hi 1>&2` or warn "Oops: $! $?";' hi Oops: Illegal seek 0 at -e line 1. It's a perl feature, not a bug ;-) Try % man perlop for self therapy... Allan. Simon Crute wrote: > Hi, > If this was better posed in a different postgres group, please let me > know. > > I'm having problems when running pg_dumpall from a perl script. > > Here's the line that's executing the backup. > > `pg_dumpall -o |bzip2 -z -c > $os_bkup_loc/byt_pgdump_full.bz2` or warn > "Error while running probably all OK. $! \n"; > > During the run the following error is reported > > "Error while running probably all OK.. Illegal seek " > i.e. the error code reported by $! is "Illegal seek" > > I've ran a backup manually, and there are no error messages. > When running the backup from with a perl script, (but not sending the output > through bzip2) the error still occurs, but diffing the output of that with > the output of pg_dumpall -o when ran from the command line and there's only > two minor differences (which seem to be within some objectIDs. I can post > that diff if anyone thinks it may help. > > the environment variables PGUSER and PGPASSWORD are set earlier in the > script. > I've searched the archives of the mail lists, and found no references to > illegal seeks WRT running pg_dump. > > Anyone got any clues ? > > -- > Simon Crute ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
