Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode
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Msg-id 488DCDA6.2020000@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>
>>
>>> - or maybe provide a .bat file or perl script that would work as na
>>> archive_command on Windows.
>>
>> We're not talking about archive_command. We're talking about the thing
>> that copies files to the directory that pg_standby polls.
>
> Er, that's what the archive_command is. Look at the pg_standby docs and
> you'll see that that's where we're currently recommending use of windows
> copy. Perhaps you're confusing this with the restore_command?

Oh, right. I was thinking that archive_command copies the files to an
archive location, and there's yet another process copying files from
there to the directory pg_standby polls. But indeed in the simple
configuration, archive_command is the command that we're interested in.

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   Heikki Linnakangas
   EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com

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