I found the examples of documentation about archive_command and
restore_command for Windows are incorrect or improper.
- "copy" doesn't accept / (slash) as a path separator.
We should use \\ (double backslash) for the purpose.
- Windows path is typically starts with a drive letter (C:\\).
- We'd better to quote a whole path, not only the last filename
with double-quotes. It can work, but is not a windows manner.
Index: doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
===================================================================
--- doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml (HEAD)
+++ doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml (working copy)
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@
when so asked. Examples:
<programlisting>
restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f "%p"'
-restore_command = 'copy /mnt/server/archivedir/%f "%p"' # Windows
+restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir/%f" "%p"' # Windows
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
Index: doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
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--- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml (HEAD)
+++ doc/src/sgml/config.sgml (working copy)
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@
and only if it succeeds. Examples:
<programlisting>
archive_command = 'cp "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"'
-archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Windows
+archive_command = 'copy "%p" "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f"' # Windows
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
Regards,
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ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center
