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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup man-page confusion?
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:24:23 -0400
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On 8/20/14 2:23 PM, Craig James wrote:
> The pg_basebackup man page
> <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/app-pgbasebackup.html;
> says: "Only regular files and directories are allowed in the data
> directory, no symbolic links or special device files."
> 
> But when I look in /data/postgres/main/pg_tblspc, all of the files are
> symbolic links.

It's a bit imprecise.  I think you will find this language improved in
the PostgreSQL 9.4 man page:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/app-pgbasebackup.html



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