Re: BUG #3439: pg_standby and path name with space - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: BUG #3439: pg_standby and path name with space
Date
Msg-id 20070713085016.GA9577@svr2.hagander.net
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In response to Re: BUG #3439: pg_standby and path name with space  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #3439: pg_standby and path name with space
Re: BUG #3439: pg_standby and path name with space
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On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:29:59AM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 19:36 +0000, ISHIDA Akio wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged online:
> >
> > Bug reference:      3439
> > Operating system:   Windows XP
> > Description:        pg_standby and path name with space
> > Details:
> >
> > pg_standby failed if path name containing spaces.
> >
> > C:\Documents and Settings\ishida\pgsql>pg_standby -d "C:\Documents and
> > Settings\ ishida\pgsql\archive_dir" 000000010000000000000000 data\pg_xlog
> >
> > Trigger file            : <not set>
> > Waiting for WAL file    : C:\Documents and
> > Settings\ishida\pgsql\archive_dir\000000010000000000000000
> > WAL file path           : 000000010000000000000000
> > Restoring to...         : data\pg_xlog
> > Sleep interval          : 5 seconds
> > Max wait interval       : 0 forever
> > Command for restore     : copy C:\Documents and
> > Settings\ishida\pgsql\archive_dir\000000010000000000000000 data\pg_xlog
> > Num archived files kept : all files
> > running restore         :The system cannot find the file specified.
> > The system cannot find the file specified.
> > The system cannot find the file specified.
> > not restored            :
>
> Magnus,
>
> Looks to me like the following patch would fix the reported issue on
> Windows:

Is this actually a Windows issue? Doesn't the same problem show up on Unix
if you have a space in the path? (It's a lot more common on Windows, but
it'spossible on Unix as well).

It does seem that the fix should work on Unix as well though, but just to
we label the thing correctly.

//Magnus

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