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Restore

Restore from backup file (.sql)

$ psql -U username -f filename.sql

// Restore database plain-text backup(.sql) generated by pg_dump or pg_dumpall with psql utility (psql)

Restore from custom archive backup file (.bak)

$ pg_restore -d db_name /path/to/your/file/db_name.bak -c -U db_user

// Restore database custom archive backup(.bak) using pg_restore utility (pg_restore)

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