Re: PITR timeline question

Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> writes:
> If you're using multiple timelines with PITR, do you have to re-copy
> all the data files into the cluster every time you start a new
> timeline? Or can you copy the data files out of the backup once, and
> then perform multiple recoveries, each to different timelines?

The only way to "roll time backwards" is to replace the data directory
with a backup, so if I understand your question correctly, the answer
is no.

            regards, tom lane