This procedure is officially documented (1). Since we're talking about copying a folder, I'm not sure why you'd feel safer doing it via an additional layer of

This procedure is officially documented (1). Since we're talking about copying a folder, I'm not sure why you'd feel safer doing it via an additional layer of abstraction. (1) https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/backup-file.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/backup-file.html