I cannot use screen, since my database server is hosted remotely. I have
only command-line access to my server by PuTTY.
-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Lelarge [mailto:guillaume@lelarge.info]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 7:32 PM
To: Kevin Grittner
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; gnanam@zoniac.com
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Database clone stuck in the middle
Le 02/04/2010 15:38, Kevin Grittner a écrit :
> "Gnanakumar" <gnanam@zoniac.com> wrote:
>
>> I connect to our database which is hosted remotely using PuTTY
>> thro SSH protocol.
>
>> my Internet got disconnected in the middle,
>> so database cloning was also stuck in the middle.
>
>> 4. Considering this Internet disconnection problem, what is the
>> safest way to clone a database using CREATE DATABASE WITH TEMPLATE
>> command, so that this will not happen in the future?
>
> You putty to the server and run psql from a shell on the database
> server?
>
> If so, try putting the word "nohup" in front of "psql" -- that tells
> the program to keep running even if the connection is lost. (It is
> short for "no hangup", I believe.)
>
Or use screen.
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