Craig Ringer <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > To be clearer: Do you mean that the folder you backed up is the folder > with the file "PG_VERSION" in it, and all its contents? Careful --- there are multiple PG_VERSION files scattered around in a Postgres data directory tree. Your comment is correct with respect to the topmost one, but I'm not certain it's a foolproof definition of "the data directory". regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general