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44<chapter id="backup">
55 <title>Backup and Restore</title>
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2626 <title><acronym>SQL</> Dump</title>
2727
2828 <para>
29- The idea behindthis method is to generate a text file with SQL
29+ The idea behindthe SQL-dump method is to generate a text file with SQL
3030 commands that, when fed back to the server, will recreate the
3131 database in the same state as it was at the time of the dump.
3232 <productname>PostgreSQL</> provides the utility program
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ psql <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> < <replaceable class
107107 for the pg_dump command. The database <replaceable
108108 class="parameter">dbname</replaceable> will not be created by this
109109 command, you must create it yourself from template0 before executing
110- <application>psql</> (e.g., with <userinput >createdb -T template0
111- <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</></userinput >).
110+ <application>psql</> (e.g., with <literal >createdb -T template0
111+ <replaceable class="parameter">dbname</></literal >).
112112 <application>psql</> supports similar options to <application>pg_dump</>
113113 for controlling the database server location and the user names. See
114114 its reference page for more information.
@@ -376,15 +376,14 @@ tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data
376376 change between releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. This does not
377377 apply to different <quote>patch levels</quote>, these always have
378378 compatible storage formats. For example, releases 7.0.1, 7.1.2, and
379- 7.2 are not compatible, whereas&version;.1 and&version; .2 are. When you
379+ 7.2 are not compatible, whereas7.1.1 and7.1 .2 are. When you
380380 update between compatible versions, then you can simply reuse the
381381 data area in disk by the new executables. Otherwise you need to
382382 <quote>back up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new
383383 server, using <application>pg_dump</>. (There are checks in place
384384 that prevent you from doing the wrong thing, so no harm can be done
385385 by confusing these things.) The precise installation procedure is
386- not subject of this section, the <citetitle>Installation
387- Instructions</citetitle> carry these details.
386+ not subject of this section, these details are in <xref linkend="installation">.
388387 </para>
389388
390389 <para>