| From: | Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)wireboard(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Backups WAS: 2 gig file size limit |
| Date: | 2001-07-10 19:33:29 |
| Message-ID: | 3B4B5889.52D4220B@selectacast.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Joseph Shraibman <jks(at)selectacast(dot)net> writes:
> > Could a command be added that locks all the files, quickly tars them
> > up, then releases the lock?
>
> pg_ctl stop
> tar cfz - $PGDATA >someplace
> pg_ctl start
>
But that would mean I would have to have all my programs detect that the
database went down and make new connections. I would rather that
postgres just lock all the files and do the tar.
--
Joseph Shraibman
jks(at)selectacast(dot)net
Increase signal to noise ratio. http://www.targabot.com
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