Re: Proposal for Recover mode in pg_ctl (in 8.0) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Proposal for Recover mode in pg_ctl (in 8.0)
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Msg-id 1099816542.6942.1710.camel@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: Proposal for Recover mode in pg_ctl (in 8.0)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 00:16, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
> > A possibly more reliable interlock would involve having the postmaster
> > probe during normal startup to see if there is already an archived WAL
> > segment for what it thinks is the current segment.
> 
> Another and simpler way is to recommend that people use archive_command
> strings that won't overwrite an existing archive file.
> 

Yes, exactly what I meant by saying I'd document the warning.

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Best Regards, Simon Riggs



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