Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout
Date
Msg-id 20190129051909.GG3121@paquier.xyz
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In response to Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout  (Alex Kliukin <alexk@hintbits.com>)
Responses Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 02:00:59PM +0100, Alex Kliukin wrote:
> While reading the doc page for the pg_basebackup, I've been confused
> by the fact that it says WAL files will be written to .tarballs
> (either base.tar or pg_wal.tar) when pg_basebackup is instructed to
> stream WALs alongside the backup itself. I think it makes sense to
> elaborate that it only happens when tar format is specified (doc
> patch is attached).

Agreed.  The current wording can be confusing depending on the format,
and your suggestion looks right.  Any opinions from others?
--
Michael

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