Bob Powell wrote:
I have a systems admin that is backing up our Linux computers (postgres) by backing up the directory structure. This of course includes all the files that pertain to my postgres databases. I maintain that using pgdump and creating a file of SQL commands forrestore is a better method
Your current admin is doing it wrong. You are completely correct on this point.
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