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Proper way to do backup (and restore!) with PostgreSQL 🐘
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pg-backup.sh
# Backup your database with:
# This is Postgres custom format
pg_dump -Fc dbname > filename
# And recover it with:
# First create the DB with:
createdb -O owner_user dbname
# And then populate it:
pg_restore -d dbname filename
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