Re: BUG #4179: pg_standby reports "file size greater than expected"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Reinhard Zitzmann" <rz2008(at)insode(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4179: pg_standby reports "file size greater than expected"
Date: 2008-05-17 18:48:48
Message-ID: 326.1211050128@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Reinhard Zitzmann" <rz2008(at)insode(dot)de> writes:
> When copying a WAL file with "cp --sparse=always ..." to a remote NFS
> directory, the remote file becomes 16777217 bytes long for a short
> time.

Seems to me this is a bug in cp, not Postgres.

regards, tom lane

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