Is pg_basebackup also for "regular" backups?

["Daniel Serodio (lists)" <daniel.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was reading the documentation for pg_basebackup and it states that 
resulting backups "can be used both for point-in-time recovery and as 
the starting point for a log shipping or streaming replication standby 
servers".

Should pg_basebackup also be used for "regular" backups, or only for 
PITR/streaming replication?

Regards,
Daniel Serodio



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