Re: confusing archive_command example

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: confusing archive_command example
Date: 2010-03-31 23:44:15
Message-ID: 865.1270079055@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> As far as "...", those are used to show only the important changes in
> the string, which I think is the right approach, but I did change the
> line so the dots are not right up against slashes:
> archive_command = 'test ! -f ... %f &amp;&amp; cp %p ... %f'

This is *not* an improvement, because it makes it look like the %f is a
separate command argument. Please revert if you can't think of
something better.

regards, tom lane

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