"John Sidney-Woollett" <johnsw@wardbrook.com> writes:
> Tom Lane said:
>> I dunno what a "dump file" would equate to in Postgres terms, but yeah,
>> we're envisioning using ordinary filesystem tools (tar, say) as the
>> mechanism for handling a baseline backup.
> However, it looks like postgres will require a file system level backup to
> recover from. Or will you be able to build a new db from the dump file,
> and then apply the WAL segments?
What dump file? I'm trying to say that we have no such concept and no
intention of inventing one.
regards, tom lane
