From: Bruce Momjian Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:03:11 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Mention that the archive history file has the wal start/stop file names. X-Git-Tag: REL8_1_4~88 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=39825338b4de141a300850f3211141dbb7729118;p=postgresql Mention that the archive history file has the wal start/stop file names. --- diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 1cbe26f77a..39168deda5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Backup and Restore @@ -744,12 +744,13 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); pg_stop_backup and the archiving of all WAL segment files needed to make the file system backup consistent. + The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the label string you gave to 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.