| #!/bin/sh -e |
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| # The directory where backups are stored |
| BACKUP_DIRECTORY="/backups" |
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| echo "Backup process started." |
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| export POSTGRES_USER="${POSTGRES_USER}" |
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| # Save the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format to a variable |
| current_datetime=$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S) |
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| # Full path to the file |
| backup_filename="${BACKUP_DIRECTORY}/backup-${current_datetime}.dump.gz" |
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| # Run pg_dump and compress its output, then save to /backups with the current date in the filename |
| pg_dump -Fc app -U "$POSTGRES_USER" | gzip > "$backup_filename" |
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| echo "Backup has been created and saved to ${backup_filename}" |
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