Re: backups - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: backups
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Msg-id 1147276626.9755.32.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to backups  ("mcelroy, tim" <tim.mcelroy@bostonstock.com>)
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On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 10:49, mcelroy, tim wrote:
> Greetings,
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> Does the pg_dump command ‘backup’ the pg_xlog files?

No.  Those are internal files used by the database to maintain
transactional integrity.  The pg_dump command backs up the database as
snapshotted at a specific point of time.

What are you trying to accomplish?

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