PgExport

CLI for exporting Rails Postgres database dump to FTP.

Can be used for backups or synchronizing databases between production and development environments.

Dependencies

• Ruby >= 2.1
• PostgreSQL >= 9.1
• $ pg_dump

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pg_export'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pg_export

CLI

$ pg_export -h

Usage: pg_export [options]
    -d, --database DATABASE          [Required] Name of the database to export
    -k, --keep [KEEP]                [Optional] Number of dump files to keep locally and on FTP (default: 10)
    -t, --timestamped                [Optional] Enables log messages with timestamps
    -h, --help                       Show this message

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rspec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/maicher/pg_export. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.