Thread: .backup file documentation

.backup file documentation

From
Christophe Pettus
Date:
Are is the contents of the .backup file (generated by pg_stop_backup()) documented anywhere?  (Some of it is
self-explanatory,of course).  If not, is there a quick summary of what START WAL LOCATION, STOP WAL LOCATION, and
CHECKPOINTLOCATION are? 

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Re: .backup file documentation

From
Ray Stell
Date:
On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Christophe Pettus wrote:

> Are is the contents of the .backup file (generated by pg_stop_backup()) documented anywhere?  (Some of it is
self-explanatory,of course).  If not, is there a quick summary of what START WAL LOCATION, STOP WAL LOCATION, and
CHECKPOINTLOCATION are? 

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/functions-admin.html