On Feb 3, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As explained by others, the issue of having partial files is not an > issue at all. It most certainly is an issue--the cp command is not atomic. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin