Re: pg_basebackup wish list

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup wish list
Date: 2016-09-12 19:31:37
Message-ID: 12873.1473708697@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On 8/19/16 1:04 AM, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
>> I agree with adding this as an option and removing directory by default.
>> And it looks good to me except for missing new line in usage output.
>>
>> printf(_(" -l, --label=LABEL set backup label\n"));
>> + printf(_(" -n, --noclean do not clean up after errors"));
>> printf(_(" -P, --progress show progress information\n"));

> Committed with that fix. Thanks.

Hm, there was just a kerfuffle about spelling things like this
"--no-clean" etc. I wasn't on board with removing existing spellings,
but surely all newly added switches should use the "no-" spelling?

regards, tom lane

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