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<chapter id="backup">
<title>Backup and Restore</title>
<function>pg_stop_backup</> and the archiving of all WAL segment
files needed to make the file system backup consistent.
</para>
+
<para>
The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the
label string you gave to <function>pg_start_backup</>, as well as
- the starting and ending times of the backup. If you used the label
- to identify where the associated dump file is kept, then the
- archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to
+ the starting and ending times and WAL segments of the backup.
+ If you used the label to identify where the associated dump file is kept,
+ then the archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to
restore, should you need to do so.
</para>