operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i'm trying to upgrade my windows dev box to pgsql 8.2.
> i currently have 8.1 istalled.
>
> i've read through the docs and here is what i want to
> do:
>
> 1. install 8.2.0-1 alongside 8.1.
> 2. pg_dumpall > db.out # using 8.2's psql.
> 3. path to psql.exe> psql -d postgres -f db.out #
> using 8.2's psql.
>
> before i get started, though, i want to pg_dumpall
> from my current installation (8.1).
>
> 1. start windows' cli
> 2. navigate to psql.exe directory
> 3. psql [db name]
> 4. [db name]-# pg_dumpall db.out
>
> after i hit enter, it returns the psql command line:
>
> [db name]-#
>
> when i search my file system for db.out, though, it
> doesn't exist.
>
> what am i doing wrong? i have been doing this via
> pgadmin in the past (maybe once or twice in a couple
> years), but i want to get more familiar with the the
> cli and psql.
>
pg_dumpall is a command-line program, just like psql. It is not run
from within psql. It looks like that is your confusion.
Sean