Re: PostgreSQL (file based) database restore

[Leonel Nunez <lnunez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bit Byter wrote:
> I just did a file based database backup (stopped postmaster and
> zipped/copied all files under /usr/local/pgsql/data/* to a differnt
> location)
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> How can I 'restore' the database and start using it?
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stop the  "other" postmaster

then Unzip it

then  start  the postmaster with the  PGDATA  pointed to the location of 
your files


leonel