Re: copying table to a file

Tyler Robert Wood wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am attempting to copy the contents of a table to a file, like this:
>
> foodserver=> COPY company TO '/home/peter/copytest.out';
>
> But I keep getting this error:
>
> ERROR:  COPY command, running in backend with effective uid 100, could not
> open file '/home/peter/copytest.out' for writing.  Errno = Permission
> denied (13).

Use \copy in psql or do it yourself from within
a program. COPY tells the database server to
copy the data, which may not even be on the
same machine...

> Does anybody know how I can fix this so I have permission to open files?

It's using the backend permissions, which probably can't
write anywhere. Use \copy and be happy...
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