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@@ -231,7 +231,19 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Copy all other files such as <filename>pg_xact</filename> and
configuration files from the source cluster to the target cluster
- (everything except the relation files).
+ (everything except the relation files). Similarly to base backups,
+ the contents of the directories <filename>pg_dynshmem/</filename>,
+ <filename>pg_notify/</filename>, <filename>pg_replslot/</filename>,
+ <filename>pg_serial/</filename>, <filename>pg_snapshots/</filename>,
+ <filename>pg_stat_tmp/</filename>, and
+ <filename>pg_subtrans/</filename> are omitted from the data copied
+ from the source cluster. Any file or directory beginning with
+ <filename>pgsql_tmp</filename> is omitted, as well as are
+ <filename>backup_label</filename>,
+ <filename>tablespace_map</filename>,
+ <filename>pg_internal.init</filename>,
+ <filename>postmaster.opts</filename> and
+ <filename>postmaster.pid</filename>.
</para>
</step>
<step>