Re: backups

From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
To: "mcelroy, tim" <tim(dot)mcelroy(at)bostonstock(dot)com>
Cc: "'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: backups
Date: 2006-05-10 15:57:07
Message-ID: 1147276626.9755.32.camel@state.g2switchworks.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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