Document that the pg_upgrade user of rsync might want to skip some

files, like postmaster.pid.

Backpatch to 9.2.
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Bruce Momjian 2012-07-26 14:30:07 -04:00
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@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ psql --username postgres --file script.sql postgres
of the old cluster, use <command>rsync</> to create a dirty
copy of the old cluster while the server is running, then shut down
the old server and run <command>rsync</> again to update the copy with any
changes to make it consistent.
changes to make it consistent. You might want to exclude some
files, e.g. <filename>postmaster.pid</>, as documented in <xref
linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">.
</para>
<refsect2>