Index: doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v retrieving revision 2.60 diff -c -c -r2.60 backup.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml 23 Mar 2005 19:38:53 -0000 2.60 --- doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml 17 Apr 2005 03:04:35 -0000 *************** *** 733,740 **** the backup history file will be named something like 0000000100001234000055CD.007C9330.backup. (The second part of this file name stands for an exact position within the WAL file, and can ! ordinarily be ignored.) Once you have safely archived the backup dump ! file, you can delete all archived WAL segments with names numerically preceding this one. 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 --- 733,740 ---- the backup history file will be named something like 0000000100001234000055CD.007C9330.backup. (The second part of this file name stands for an exact position within the WAL file, and can ! ordinarily be ignored.) Once you have safely archived this WAL ! segment file, you can delete all archived WAL segments with names numerically preceding this one. 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