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Postgresql daily backup script.
#!/bin/bash
#
# Backup a Postgresql database into a daily file.
#
BACKUP_DIR=/pg_backup
DAYS_TO_KEEP=14
FILE_SUFFIX=_pg_backup.sql
DATABASE=
USER=postgres
FILE=`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M"`${FILE_SUFFIX}
OUTPUT_FILE=${BACKUP_DIR}/${FILE}
# do the database backup (dump)
# use this command for a database server on localhost. add other options if need be.
pg_dump -U ${USER} ${DATABASE} -F p -f ${OUTPUT_FILE}
# gzip the mysql database dump file
gzip $OUTPUT_FILE
# show the user the result
echo "${OUTPUT_FILE}.gz was created:"
ls -l ${OUTPUT_FILE}.gz
# prune old backups
find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYS_TO_KEEP -name "*${FILE_SUFFIX}.gz" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'
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Do you have the scripts which helps me password runtime

@anindya-biswas
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Thanks for the script I was looking for this. Let's see what the compliance people have to say about it.

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