On Sunday 05 May 2013 17:56:33 Tanstaafl wrote: > Ok, another little thing... > > Is there a simple way to use date/time variables in cronjobs? Or do I > need to use a bash script for this? I prefer simple, and just using the > variables directly in the cron command would be easier if it works, so > figured I'd ask first... > > I'm trying to schedule a dump of my databases like so: > > pg_dumpall --username=username -o -f > /home/user/mypg_backups/hourly/\%y/\%m/\%d/\%t.sql.gz > > But trying to run this command fails with: > > pg_dumpall: could not open the output file > "/home/user/mypg_backups/hourly/%y/%m/%d/%t.sql.gz": No such file or > directory > > Tried escaping the variables and not, same error...
Is it perhaps a matter of the process having write access? -- Regards, Mick
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