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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Cc: pub@bednarz.ch
Subject: Re: calling pg_dump from perl
Date: Thu,  9 Jun 2011 20:16:24 -0000
Message-ID: <ec9569b32dcf5f893370c314391a91a8@biglumber.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4DF11C79.2000505@bednarz.ch>


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> COMMAND: E:\PostgreSQL\8.4SS\bin/pg_dump.exe -f 
> //nas-tb/DBBackups/PostgresDBBackup_TB-WS_misdwh_20110609151147.bak -F p 
> --clean -U postgres -h localhost misdwh
...
> The interesting thing is, that it asks for a password for a database 
> named "TB". Only god knows where that comes from! The name of my 
> database is 'misdwh' and as can be seen on the command is passed as last 
> parameter.

I would guess that TB is coming from the underscore in the filename. 
Try quoting the entire argument to -f like so:

E:\PostgreSQL\8.4SS\bin/pg_dump.exe 
 -f "//nas-tb/DBBackups/PostgresDBBackup_TB-WS_misdwh_20110609151147.bak"
 -F p --clean -U postgres -h localhost misdwh

- -- 
Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/
PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201106091615
http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8

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