Re: Are file system level differential/incremental backups possible?

From: Bob Hatfield <bobhatfield(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Are file system level differential/incremental backups possible?
Date: 2011-10-12 22:04:30
Message-ID: CAKikJcKuJTnSGoUuVEYykxL+fi6DC1TLkp+m4chWD0_Y+qStdg@mail.gmail.com
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> Anyway, a better way for you would be to do a regular backup (with pg_start_backup, copy and pg_stop_backup) and then use wal archive_command to keep the xlogs between 2 full backups.

Thanks Julien. Can pg_start/stop_backup() be used for regular full
file system backups? All of the documentation I've read only refers
to using those for warm standby/wal shipping methods.

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