fljdin / pg_dump_tree

Simple utility to write file for each relation in a structured directory tree.

pg_dump_tree

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Simple utility to write file for each relation in a structured directory tree.

Description

This utility is intended to be used in conjunction with pg_dump tool. It parses the plain format output of pg_dump and writes a file for each relation in a structured directory tree. Fully written in Go, bring alive with Fragment library.

Usage

pg_dump --format=plain --schema-only | pg_dump_tree --output-dir=directory

Options

pg_dump_tree --help

Directory Structure

directory
└── schema
    ├── FUNCTION
    │   └── function1.sql
    ├── SEQUENCE
    │   └── sequence1.sql
    ├── TABLE
    │   ├── table1.sql
    │   └── table2.sql
    └── VIEW
        └── view1.sql

Installation

go install github.com/fljdin/pg_dump_tree@main

References

The pg_dump utility comes with a directory option but only for compressed data in a COPY compatible format, required to bulk inserting with multiple processes. The database definition is dumped in a unique file named toc.dat.

People looking for a structured tree had various solutions in the past.

• https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/AANLkTikLHA2x6U=[e-mail]
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18330358/postgresql-dump-each-table-into-a-different-file
• https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/287593/pg-dump-how-to-split-it-into-directories-and-files
• https://github.com/kruckenb/split_postgres_dump

Contributing

Please, feel free to contribute by opening issues or pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.