Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Greg Smith wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been working on an improved archive_command shell script that I
>>> expect to submit for comments and potential inclusion in the
>>> documentation as a better base for other people to build on. This is
>>> one of the options for how it can operate. It would be painful but
>>> not impossible to convert a subset of that script to run under
>>> Windows as well, at least enough to cover this particular issue.
>>
>> A Perl script using the (standard) File::Copy module along with the
>> builtin function rename() should be moderately portable. It would to
>> be nice not to have to maintain two scripts.
>
> It's also not very nice to require a Perl installation on Windows, just
> for a replacement of Copy. Would a simple .bat script work?
With these avenues to be explored, can the pg_standby patch on the
CommitFest wiki be moved to the "Returned with Feedback" section?
Regards,
Martin
