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Subject:
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Cron Job... Urgent
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Posted By:
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ganesh15
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Post Date:
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8/28/2003 1:47:35 AM
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I have to do a cronjob on linux box.
The process are as below:
1. Cron job should dump postgres database to file.
2. Tar the dump file.
The problem is the database dump will take about 1 hour to dump complete.
The tar should take place once the dump is completely finish.
How do I make sure tar of the file takes place's after the database dumped completely?
Please help, its really urgent.
Regards,
ganesh
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Reply By:
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3razZz3r
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Reply Date:
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9/18/2003 9:10:21 PM
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I think this should be quite simple.
Put all the commands in the script. Use cron to execute the script.
The execution should be serially unless you append "&" at the end of the command.
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Reply By:
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dikkjo
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Reply Date:
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9/19/2003 1:40:29 AM
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To be sure :
pg_dump your_db > your_file && tar zcf your_tar.gz your_file
Using '&&' only execute the second command if the first one was successfully completed.
HIH
Bye
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