Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups
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Msg-id 19128.1295292701@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Actually, after some IM chats, I think pg_streamrecv should be
> renamed, probably to pg_walstream (or pg_logstream, but pg_walstream
> is a lot more specific than that)

What I like about streamrecv is it's fairly clear which end of the
connection it's supposed to be used on.  I find "pg_basebackup"
quite lacking from that perspective, and the same for the names
above.  Or are you proposing to merge the send and receive sides
into one executable?
        regards, tom lane


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