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I understand that pg_restore needs to connect to a database before it can start the restore process, is there anyway pg_restore can use the "postgres" database to create another database?

I have the following command

pg_restore -h "192.168.1.212" -p 5432 -U mysuperusername -C -d bp bp.custom

when I run the command I get the following message

pg_restore: [archiver (db)] connection to database "bp" failed: FATAL: database "bp" does not exist

Is there anyway for pg_restore to create the "bp" database without me having to create it manually?

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Specify -d postgres on the command line.

Quote from the manual for the -C option. The database to be restored is automatically take from the backup file

When this option is used, the database named with -d is used only to issue the initial DROP DATABASE and CREATE DATABASE commands. All data is restored into the database name that appears in the archive.

pg_restore -h "192.168.1.212" -p 5432 -U mysuperusername -C -d postgres bp.custom
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  • I tried it with pg_restore -h "192.168.1.212" -p 5432 -U mysuperusername -d postgres -C bp bp.custom and I get the following message pg_restore: too many command-line arguments (first is "bp.custom")
    – Arya
    Oct 28, 2017 at 21:07
  • @Arya: well in the part -C bp bp.custom the first bp is wrong
    – user1822
    Oct 28, 2017 at 21:14
  • but bp is the name of the database I want created. bp.custom is the backup file
    – Arya
    Oct 28, 2017 at 21:19
  • You do not need to specify the database to be created because that information is stored in the backup
    – user1822
    Oct 29, 2017 at 6:05
  • I understand now, is there anyway to have pg_restore to create the user that was used with the database? for example, for my "bp" database was used by the user "bp" anyway to create the user with pg_restore?
    – Arya
    Oct 29, 2017 at 6:12

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