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Document that pg_basebackup will create its output directory
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doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml

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Directory to write the output to.
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<application>pg_basebackup</application> will create the directory and
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any parent directories if necessary. The directory may already exist,
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but it is an error if the directory already exists and is not empty.
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When the backup is in tar mode, and the directory is specified as

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