Re: mild modification to pg_dump

John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>

From: John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2017-11-17T20:23:52Z
Lists: pgsql-general
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).


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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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz