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    </para>
  
    <para>
+    Another option is to use <application>rsync</> to perform a file
+    system backup.  First, while the database server is running, 
+    run <application>rsync</>, then shut down the database
+    server and perform a second <application>rsync</>, then
+    restart the database server.  This allows a file system backup to be
+    performed with minimal downtime.
+   </para>
+ 
+   <para>
     Note that a file system backup will not necessarily be
     smaller than an SQL dump. On the contrary, it will most likely be
     larger. (<application>pg_dump</application> does not need to dump
