Re: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 03:24:19PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 21:33:32 +0200, > Holger Zwingmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database > > by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. >

Re: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 21:33:32 +0200, Holger Zwingmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database > by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. There are some other conditions as well. Postgres needs to be shut down when y

RES: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Renato Cramer
a-feira, 26 de abril de 2006 16:34 >Para: pgsql-general@postgresql.org >Assunto: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS > >Hi, > >I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database >by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. >

[GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Holger Zwingmann
Hi, I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. Now, I am wondering if there is a way to copy a data base from one OS to another in the same way. Would it possible copy a (small) data base from Linux to MS Windows by sim