Hi,
Here's simple instructions and sample for sftp and cron (linux), which should
give you an idea how it works. You can then create your own scripts for the
actual job.
http://tennis.ecs.umass.edu/~czou/linux/backupSSH.html
BR,
Aarni
On Monday 06 June 2005 20:07, you wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i've googled and searche dmy pgsql books and i can't
> quite get a confident grasp on cron jobs.
>
> as i understand it... the following should enable me
> to backup via cron:
>
> PGUSER=postgres
> PGPASSWORD=password
> export PGUSER PGPASSWORD
> pg_dump databasename | gzip > databasename.bak.gz
>
> my interfaces is cpanel and it only gives me one line
> to type this in... can i replace the returns with a
> space and will this still work?
>
> eg, PGUSER=postgres PGPASSWORD=password export...
>
> will databasename.bak.gz be stored in the same file as
> my database?
>
> how can i store the file on my local computer?
>
> i finally have some data in my db and i scared of
> losing it. *real* scared!
>
> tia...
>
>
>
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