Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups
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Msg-id AANLkTinBQE4NKXxO7mruhhKg8pDnU=85EsLZ7=_mrSMv@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 20:31, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> Actually, after some IM chats, I think pg_streamrecv should be
>> renamed, probably to pg_walstream (or pg_logstream, but pg_walstream
>> is a lot more specific than that)
>
> What I like about streamrecv is it's fairly clear which end of the
> connection it's supposed to be used on.  I find "pg_basebackup"
> quite lacking from that perspective, and the same for the names
> above.  Or are you proposing to merge the send and receive sides
> into one executable?

No, the sending side is in walsender.


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