Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode

From: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "List pgsql-patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Martin Zaun" <Martin(dot)Zaun(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode
Date: 2008-07-28 13:46:14
Message-ID: 488DCDA6.2020000@enterprisedb.com
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>>
>>> - or maybe provide a .bat file or perl script that would work as na
>>> archive_command on Windows.
>>
>> We're not talking about archive_command. We're talking about the thing
>> that copies files to the directory that pg_standby polls.
>
> Er, that's what the archive_command is. Look at the pg_standby docs and
> you'll see that that's where we're currently recommending use of windows
> copy. Perhaps you're confusing this with the restore_command?

Oh, right. I was thinking that archive_command copies the files to an
archive location, and there's yet another process copying files from
there to the directory pg_standby polls. But indeed in the simple
configuration, archive_command is the command that we're interested in.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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