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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Backing up sympa DB"
+DIR=$(dirname $0)
+echo $DIR
+cd $DIR
+out="backups/pgdump_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M).sql.gz"
+PASS=$(awk -F = '/SYMPA_DB_PASSWD/{print $2}' .env)
+echo "$PASS" | docker-compose exec -T pgsql pg_dump sympa -U sympa -W | gzip > $out
+ls -lh $out
+echo "Done"