Re: detecting binary backup in progress - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: detecting binary backup in progress
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In response to Re: detecting binary backup in progress  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
Heikki Linnakangas wrote:

> The manual says:
> >pg_is_in_backup()    bool    True if an on-line exclusive backup is still in progress.
>
> So clearly that is intentional. That could use some rephrasing,
> though; a layman won't know what an "exclusive backup" is.

Heck, I don't understand what it is either.
Same here. Does it mean taking a backup not with pg_basebackup but by executing yourself external operations between pg_start/stop_backup calls?
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Michael

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