import os import sys import time import s3 from django.conf import settings db_name = 'newsblur' db_pass = settings.DATABASES['default']['PASSWORD'] CURRENT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__) NEWSBLUR_DIR = ''.join([CURRENT_DIR, '../../']) os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'settings' os.environ['PGPASSWORD'] = db_pass sys.path.insert(0, NEWSBLUR_DIR) filename = 'backup_postgresql_%s.sql.gz' % time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M') cmd = 'pg_dump -U newsblur -Fc %s > %s' % (db_name, filename) os.system(cmd) s3.save_file_in_s3(filename) os.remove(filename)