Re: Feature request: pg_basebackup --force

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joshua Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Feature request: pg_basebackup --force
Date: 2011-04-10 16:35:36
Message-ID: 9784.1302453336@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Joshua Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:
>> Couldn't we have a --force option which would clear all data and tablespace directories before resynching?

> What would be even more useful us some kind of support for
> differential copy, a la rsync.

> (Now I'm waiting for someone to tell me this is a pipe dream.)

Not so much a pipe dream as reinventing the wheel. Why not use rsync?

regards, tom lane

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