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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 2341105a353..9245c6278b6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.76 2005/11/07 17:36:44 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.77 2006/02/24 14:03:01 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="backup"> <title>Backup and Restore</title> @@ -744,12 +744,13 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); <function>pg_stop_backup</> and the archiving of all WAL segment files needed to make the file system backup consistent. </para> + <para> The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the label string you gave to <function>pg_start_backup</>, as well as - the starting and ending times of the backup. If you used the label - to identify where the associated dump file is kept, then the - archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to + the starting and ending times and WAL segments of the backup. + If you used the label to identify where the associated dump file is kept, + then the archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to restore, should you need to do so. </para> |