>>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 11:16 AM, in message <46780175.3040207@jobflash.com>,
Tom Arthurs <tarthurs@jobflash.com> wrote:
>
> Looks like you are expecting the archive command to run when you shut
> down the data base. It won't. It only runs when the xlog gets full and
> the system needs to recycle to a new logfile.
If you need to force a WAL file to test your backup process, try running
something like:
select pg_switch_xlog();
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-admin.html#FUNCTIONS-ADMIN-BACKUP-TABLE
-Kevin
