Re: mild modification to pg_dump

marcelo <marcelo.nicolet@gmail.com>

From: marcelo <marcelo.nicolet@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2017-11-17T21:06:56Z
Lists: pgsql-general
I need to "emulate" the pg_dump code because the password prompt. Years 
ago I write a program (for the QnX environment) that catched some prompt 
and emulates the standard input. I don't like to do that again.

On 17/11/17 17:23, John R Pierce wrote:
> On 11/17/2017 12:19 PM, marcelo wrote:
>> Sorry, I was not exact.
>> I don't need nor like to change pg_dump. Rather, based on pg_dump 
>> code, I need to develop a daemon which can receive a TCP message 
>> (from a privileged app) containing some elements: the database to 
>> dump, the user under which do that, and his password. (My apps are 
>> using that same data, of course, encripted to the common users).
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> I would just fork pg_dump to do the actual dump rather than try and 
> incorporate its source code into your app.
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