niksumeiko / get-remote-pg-database

Connects to remote server, exports a PG dump, downloads it to your desktop and imports it on your local PG database

Introduction

This Tcl script connects, exports, downloads and imports from remote to local PostgreSQL server.

Steps

1. Connect to a remote server
2. Connect to a PostgreSQL Server & export the preferred schema
3. Download the exported [schema].[DATE].sql to your computer
4. Delete the [schema] from your local PostgreSQL Server
5. Import the freshly downloaded [schema].[DATE].sql file to that schema

How to use

Use config.example.tcl as sample configuration file. Copy config.example.tcl to config.tcl:

cp config.example.tcl config.tcl

Edit config.tcl to match your environment settings.

The script should have execute permissions in order to be executable:

chmod u+x script.sh

Then simply run it by calling:

./script.sh

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