sql-ledger-users

Maintenance type scripts

[Phil E. <pel...@vo...>]

I sat down before to write Linux Bash scripts for backups etc and started 
to wonder:

a/ Are there any scripts supplied in the sql-ledger release (I haven't 
noticed any)?
b/ If not, would it be worth including some in the release?

What to others do for repeditive type tasks for sql-ledger.

Cheers
Phil

Re: Maintenance type scripts

[Chris W. <op...@vo...>]

On Sunday 09 December 2001 04:33 am, Phil Eldridge wrote:
> I sat down before to write Linux Bash scripts for backups etc and started
> to wonder:
>
> a/ Are there any scripts supplied in the sql-ledger release (I haven't
> noticed any)?
> b/ If not, would it be worth including some in the release?
>
> What to others do for repeditive type tasks for sql-ledger.

*PLEASE* Do Not write scripts in bash. Shell scripts should be written in sh.
Because only on *Linux* does /bin/sh == bash. Everyone else /bin/sh == sh.
This is horridly non portable. Especially if you want to include it in the 
release.

Chris

Re: Maintenance type scripts

[Thomas G. <to...@ad...>]

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Phil Eldridge wrote:

> I sat down before to write Linux Bash scripts for backups etc and started=
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> to wonder:
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> a/ Are there any scripts supplied in the sql-ledger release (I haven't=20
> noticed any)?
> b/ If not, would it be worth including some in the release?
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> What to others do for repeditive type tasks for sql-ledger.

Hi Phil,

I have tons of scripts that I use for diff things...my project=20
(originally based on Dieter's work but veered off course ;-)
is located at www.sqlclinic.net

You could have a look in the tarball (just download it and unpack it
or use midnight commander to extract only the files you want) to=20
see if there is anything useful.

In the install directory there are dump routines like this:

#!/bin/sh
pg_dump -a test > clinic.dat
pg_dump -d test > clinic.all
pg_dump -s test > clinic.sql
pg_dump test > clinic.df

This dumps the data in four diff formats (-a is data only, -d is
proper inserts, -s is schema only and no args is everything...see
man pg_dump for all options.)

There are also fancier routines for database access from the shell.
Have a look in /dba/usr_local_clinic for examples of how
to do Q&A with a user and then run a query.

HTH,
Tom

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