Re: Feature request - pg_dump - -W specify pwd in command line

"Carl Holliday" <skysnake@wonderland.co.za> writes:
> I need to be able to put pwds in the command line to facilitate
> non-supervised backups etc

We intentionally do not allow passwords on the command line, because
putting them there is a huge security hole.  Use a ~/.pgpass file
instead.  See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/libpq-pgpass.html

            regards, tom lane