Re: Feature request: pg_basebackup --force - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Feature request: pg_basebackup --force
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Msg-id BANLkTi=DbJPpVAKJ+gtO-V4ye6FDghzamA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Feature request: pg_basebackup --force  (Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Feature request: pg_basebackup --force  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> It seems a bit annoying to have to do an rm -rf * $PGDATA/ before resynching a standby using pg_basebackup.  This
meansthat I still need to wrap basebackup in a shell script, instead of having it do everything for me ... especially
ifI have multiple tablespaces. 
>
> Couldn't we have a --force option which would clear all data and tablespace directories before resynching?

What would be even more useful us some kind of support for
differential copy, a la rsync.

(Now I'm waiting for someone to tell me this is a pipe dream.)

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


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