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    doc: Clarify how to generate backup files with non-exclusive backups · 6fb66c26
    Michael Paquier authored
    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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