Re: [Fwd: [PATCHES] archiver ps display]

Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> Now that we have set archiver messages to DEBUG levels, there's no easy
> way of seeing what file we are currently working on.
>
> The behaviour of the startup process and archiver should be symmetrical,
> allowing it to be used for replication monitoring.
>
> Before archive_command
> postgres: archiver process archiving 00000001000000000000000B
>
> After archive_command
> postgres: archiver process archived 00000001000000000000000B

I agree that replication should be able to be monitored. However,
isn't ps_display supposed to show what the process is _currently_ doing?
So if the archiver finishes processing a file, its display should go
back to "idle" or some such. (Perhaps "idle, last archived XXXYYYZZZ")

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