I found what I was looking for here:
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/admin/migration.html
It took me hours to find it though
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Berkus [mailto:josh@agliodbs.com]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 11:32 AM
To: Brian Johnson; pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [NOVICE] Porting existing postgresql databases to another
machine
Brian,
> I'm trying to port some existing postgresql databases to another
> machine
>
> I'd really like to replicate the databases on the second machine, but
> would
> accept a process that just copies the data over
>
> Can anyone point me to a how-to or offer some advice?
HTTP://techdocs.postgresql.org/
Though, quite frankly, if you're running on Unix the fastest process is
to use pg_dump files.
-Josh
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