doc: Clarify how to generate backup files with non-exclusive backups
Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
doc: Clarify how to generate backup files with non-exclusive backups The current instructions describing how to write the backup_label and tablespace_map files are confusing. For example, opening a file in text mode on Windows and copy-pasting the file's contents would result in a failure at recovery because of the extra CRLF characters generated. The documentation was not stating that clearly, and per discussion this is not considered as a supported scenario. This commit extends a bit the documentation to mention that it may be required to open the file in binary mode before writing its data. Reported-by: Wang Shenhao Author: David Steele Reviewed-by: Andrew Dunstan, Magnus Hagander Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/8373f61426074f2cb6be92e02f838389@G08CNEXMBPEKD06.g08.fujitsu.local Backpatch-through: 9.6
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