postgresql where does the output of pg_dump go

Question

I am trying to backup a db of postgresql and I want to use pg_dump command.
I tried :

psql -U postgres
postgres-# pg_dump test > backup.sql

But I don't know where the output file goes.
Any help will be appreciated

Answer 1

Go to command prompt and directory postgresql\9.3\bin.

Example

.

..
    c:\Program files\postgresql\9.3\bin> pg_dump -h localhost -p 5432 -U postgres test > D:\backup.sql
...

After above command enter User "postgres" password and check D:\ drive for backup.sql file