# BACKUP UTILITY "pg_dump" PATH SETTING

This setting controls where AyaNova will find the Postgres pg_dump utlity for automated backups.

## Default

Default is empty.

If no override is specified AyaNova will assume the utility is on the environment PATH.

## Overriding

AyaNova expects the pg_dump utility path to be provided by an environment variable or command line parameter named

`AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH`

The value specified should be a string containing a fully qualified file path to the pg_dump utility.

Example command line parameter

`dotnet run --AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH="/usr/lib/postgresql/14.1/bin/"` (not real)

Example environment variable

Windows

`set "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH=c:\Program files\postgresql\14.1\bin"` (not real)

Linux / MAC

`export AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH="/usr/lib/postgresql/14.1/bin/"` (not real)

If both a command line parameter and an environment variable are set the command line parameter takes precedence.