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Mention that the archive history file has the wal start/stop file names.
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.76 2005/11/07 17:36:44 tgl Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.77 2006/02/24 14:03:01 momjian Exp $
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<chapter id="backup">
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<title>Backup and Restore</title>
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<function>pg_stop_backup</> and the archiving of all WAL segment
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files needed to make the file system backup consistent.
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</para>
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<para>
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The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the
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label string you gave to <function>pg_start_backup</>, as well as
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the starting and ending times of the backup. If you used the label
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to identify where the associated dump file is kept, then the
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archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to
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the starting and ending times and WAL segments of the backup.
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If you used the label to identify where the associated dump file is kept,
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then the archived history file is enough to tell you which dump file to
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restore, should you need to do so.
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</para>
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