Re: backups and WAL

What I meant(And I guess that Pablo asked for this also), was that is not easy to found information or howto work on
thepg_xlog directory.  

I didn't take it as "read the FINE manual" anyway ;)

Regards,
Guido

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> |    Is a good idea to ln -s the pg_xlog directory onto another place, while the postmaster is running?
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> I don't think so
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> |     I agree with pablo, documentation at this point is not easy to found.
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> I disagree instead:
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> 1) Go on the first doc page:  http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/index.html
> 2) Search for backups
> 3) The first 4 entries are what you have to know
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> Please do not take this as RTFM
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> Regards
> Gaetano Mendola
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