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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index b8daedcbb6e..737355a911d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -869,7 +869,11 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); of mistakes when restoring. This is easy to arrange if <filename>pg_xlog/</> is a symbolic link pointing to someplace outside the cluster directory, which is a common setup anyway for performance - reasons. + reasons. You might also want to exclude <filename>postmaster.pid</> + and <filename>postmaster.opts</>, which record information + about the running <application>postmaster</>, not about the + <application>postmaster</> which will eventually use this backup. + (These files can confuse <application>pg_ctl</>.) </para> <para> |