On 8/20/14 2:23 PM, Craig James wrote: > The pg_basebackup man page > <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/app-pgbasebackup.html> > says: "Only regular files and directories are allowed in the data > directory, no symbolic links or special device files." > > But when I look in /data/postgres/main/pg_tblspc, all of the files are > symbolic links. It's a bit imprecise. I think you will find this language improved in the PostgreSQL 9.4 man page: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/app-pgbasebackup.html -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin