> Anyway, a better way for you would be to do a regular backup (with pg_start_backup, copy and pg_stop_backup) and then
usewal archive_command to keep the xlogs between 2 full backups.
Thanks Julien. Can pg_start/stop_backup() be used for regular full
file system backups? All of the documentation I've read only refers
to using those for warm standby/wal shipping methods.