Re: New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>wrote:

> > So it'd be an array, and by default you'd have something like:
> >         basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory
> > ?
> >
> > Maybe use it to skip backup labels by default as well.
> >         basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory, $backup_label_files
> >
> 
> I hadn't considered any details, but yes, someting along that line. And
> then you could also include arbitrary filenames or directories should you
> want. E.g. if you use the data directory to store your torrents or
> something.

Man, that's a great idea.  Database servers have lots of diskspace in
that partition, so it should work really well.  Thanks!

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