On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 10:41 +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> > The only workable
> > alternative I can see to keeping archive_mode is to tell people to
> > set archive_command to something like /usr/bin/true ... which is not
> > simpler, especially not on Windows.
>
> Would it be possible to have "internal" commands there, as for example
> cd is in my shell, or test, or time, or some more ?
>
> That would allow for providing a portable /usr/bin/true command as far
> as archiving is concerned (say, pg_archive_bypass), and will allow for
> providing a default archiving command in the future, like "pg_archive_cp
> /location" or something.
I think making a special case here is OK.
If command string == 'true' then we don't bother to call system(3) at
all, we just assume it worked fine.
That way we have a simple route on all platforms.
-- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
