| From: | Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> |
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| To: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Using cp to back up a database? |
| Date: | 2017-10-09 16:41:37 |
| Message-ID: | 835f7baa-8517-eb4e-b9ee-27170adea759@cox.net |
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On 10/09/2017 11:33 AM, Jeff Janes wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 6:40 AM, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net
> <mailto:ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> v8.4.20
>
> This is what the current backup script uses:
>
> /usr/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT
> pg_start_backup('Incrementalbackup',true);"
> cp -r /var/lib/pgsql/data/* $dumpdir/data/
> /usr/bin/psql -U postgres template1 -c "SELECT pg_stop_backup();"
>
>
> That's fine, as long as you have a wal archive. Although I don't know what
> is "Incremental" about it.
From reading the docs, that field is just a label with no intrinsic meaning.
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