On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 02:20, Nirav Parikh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having problem backing up database from crontab, I got following
> lines in crontab file
>
>
> 0 20 * * 5 /usr/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -F c database >
> /usr/backup/friDATE4.pgdump
> 0 20 * * 4 pg_dump -F c database > /usr/backup/thurDATE06-3.pgdump
>
> none of them works, I have given full permission to everyone in
> /usr/backup directory
>
> it creates the dump file but with 0 size - empty!
>
> I have other commands in crontab which executes normally, also pg_dump
> command works through command line.
>
> does anyone what else I can check?
Often, I need to add the path to the pg_dump files, and I also set my
shell and home directory in my crontab. Don't know if it'll help, but
it won't hurt.
PATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
SHELL=/bin/bash
HOME=/home/smarlowe
Then I set my passwords in the ~/.pgpass file so that the various psql
scripts can log in.