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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: can be database files be copied using 'cp' between hosts with different endianess?
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In response to can be database files be copied using 'cp' between hosts with different endianess?  (Vlad Harchev <hvv@hippo.ru>)
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Vlad Harchev wrote:
> I have a quesion - suppose I have sparc box and x86 box running same
> release of postgresql compiled with same options. Can I simply copy
> database directory between hosts (of course when postgresql server is
> stopped on both boxes)?

Absolutely not.

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Peter Eisentraut
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