I have jotted down some notes on performing a hot backup (which is what Bill is referring you to), and I included a script called pg_hotbackup that automates the relatively simple tasks required to take a snapshot of the cluster data directory.
http://www.postgresqlforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12In that link there is a discussion, and a link to the Wiki article which is located here:
http://www.postgresqlforums.com/wiki/Backup_%26_RecoveryOn 1/8/07, Vijayaram Boopalan - TLS , Chennai <vijayaramb@hcl.in> wrote:Hi,
I do not kb=now how to take differential database backup in postgre 8.1.5.
Please help.
B. VijayaRam
Chennai.
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