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On 05/31/2013 12:29 PM, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Note that pg_is_in_backup() just checks for presence of
> $PGDATA/backup_label. Also note that pg_basebackup doesn't create
> backup_label in the server. It's included in the backup that's sent
> to the client, but it's never written to disk in the server. So
> checking for backup_label manually or with pg_is_in_backup() will
> return false even if pg_basebackup is running.
Oh, that's really good to know.
So essentially there is no reliable way to know that pg_start_backup()
has been executed and pg_stop_backup() has not?
Joe
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