Re: can be database files be copied using 'cp' between hosts with - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From William Yu
Subject Re: can be database files be copied using 'cp' between hosts with
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Msg-id 4258F628.10404@talisys.com
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In response to Re: can be database files be copied using 'cp' between hosts with different endianess?  (Vlad Harchev <hvv@hippo.ru>)
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I've been able to do Solaris x86 -> Linux x86 copies. But I'm pretty
sure Sparc & x86 are not compatible endian-wise so hence the data is not
stored the same. Other attempts that have failed -- Linux x86 32bit -->
Linux x86_64.


Vlad Harchev wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 08:42:19PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
> That's a pity..
> Thanks for your answer!
>

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