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

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>> Is it possible to do a full file system level backup of the data
>> directory, say once a week, and differentials or incrementals daily?
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> taken, so a trigger-based or WAL-based system is necessary.
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> SQL-level differentials would be great, though.

FWIW, Bucardo 5 has a 'flatfile' mode that will output the deletion
and insert statements to get a table from an old state to a new one.
Not quite what is being asked for here, but could be useful for
similar things as well as for auditing.

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