Re: .backup files not needed?

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Just had questions from a replication user about why the .backup file is
> described as "can ordinarily be ignored" and is considered optional by
> recovery also even when pg_start_backup() was used.

What it says is that the second part of the filename can ordinarily
be ignored.  I don't know why neither he nor you managed to parse the
sentence correctly.  Feel free to propose a rewording, but removing
information doesn't sound like a solution.

			regards, tom lane