-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.109 2007/11/28 22:35:54 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.110 2007/12/15 15:41:02 adunstan Exp $ -->
<chapter id="backup">
<title>Backup and Restore</title>
To configure standalone backups you should use a switch file. If the
file exists then archives are made, otherwise archiving is ignored.
<programlisting>
-archive_command = 'test -f /var/lib/pgsql/backup_in_progress && cp -i %p /var/lib/pgsql/archive/%f </dev/null'
+archive_command = 'if [ -f /var/lib/pgsql/backup_in_progress ]; then cp -i %p /var/lib/pgsql/archive/%f </dev/null ; fi'
</programlisting>
Backup can then be taken using a script like the following:
<programlisting>