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PostgreSQL Backup and Restore
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To backup:

$ sudo -u postgres -i
$ export DB_NAME="mydatabase"
$ pg_dump -Fc "$DB_NAME" > "$DB_NAME"-`date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`.dump

To restore:

$ sudo -u postgres -i
$ export DB_NAME="mydatabase"
$ export DB_DUMP="mydatabase-20140310120842.dump"
$ dropdb "$DB_NAME" || true
$ pg_restore --create "$DB_DUMP" | psql
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