Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E08B5DBD3 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:16:33 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 64133-07 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:16:26 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from zql.com (zql.com [206.222.31.58]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B930B5DBBD for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:16:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by zql.com with smtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1QUleS-00061L-6Q; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:16:24 -0400 From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Cc: pub@bednarz.ch CC: pub@bednarz.ch Subject: Re: calling pg_dump from perl X-PGP-Key: 2529 DF6A B8F7 9407 E944 45B4 BC9B 9067 1496 4AC8 X-Request-PGP: http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 In-Reply-To: <4DF11C79.2000505@bednarz.ch> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:16:24 -0000 X-Mailer: JoyMail 2.4.0 Message-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201106/49 X-Sequence-Number: 37675 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAk3xKfEACgkQvJuQZxSWSsgyVACfQhuu35ITUETQ9aGT0muPrGb+ fnsAnRrfEaMdBNcou9UVvln0EpxYfvHf =SNZ6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----