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+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+
+PG_C="pg_dump -U postgres -Z0 -j 4 -Fd"
+DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+
+rm -rf "/bak/db_current"
+mkdir -p "/bak/db_current/"
+mkdir -p "/bak/db-$DATE/"
+chown -R postgres:postgres "/bak/db_current"
+chmod g+s -R "/bak/db_current"
+
+
+DB_TABLES=(
+	forgejo
+	inventory
+	gts
+)
+for DB_TABLE in $DB_TABLES ; do
+	echo "exporting $DB_TABLE"
+	su - postgres -c "$PG_C $DB_TABLE -f /bak/db_current/$DB_TABLE/" \
+		&& echo "compacting $DB_TABLE" \
+		&& tar -zcvf "/bak/db-$DATE/$DB_TABLE.tgz" \
+		             "/bak/db_current/$DB_TABLE/"
+done