Re: dynamic shared memory

On 9/26/13 8:27 AM, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:19:51PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Andres Freund<andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> > >>Actually, I was wondering if we ought
>>>> > >>to have a directory under pgdata whose explicit charter it was to
>>>> > >>contain files that shouldn't be copied as part of a base backup.
>>>> > >>pg_do_not_back_this_up.
>>> > >
>>> > >Wondered exactly about that as soon as you've mentioned
>>> > >pg_basebackup. pg_local/?
>> >
>> >That seems reasonable. It's not totally transparent what that's
>> >supposed to mean, but it's fairly mnemonic once you know. Other
>> >suggestions welcome, if anyone has ideas.
> I like the concept and have no improvements on the name.
>
>> >Are there any other likely candidates for inclusion in that directory
>> >other than this stuff?
> pg_xlog

Isn't it also pointless to backup temp objects as well as non-logged tables?

Or is the purpose of pg_local to be a home for things that MUST NOT be backed up as opposed to items where backing them up is pointless?
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