Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Mitchell Bösecke
Subject Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?
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Responses Re: Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?  (Payal Singh <payal@omniti.com>)
Re: Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?  (Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>)
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Hi,

My understanding is that when postgresql is shutdown it triggers a checkpoint which triggers the archiving of completed tx logs. Will the "pg_ctl stop" command wait for archiving to complete or is the act of archiving completely asynchronous from the shutdown process?

In my case, I WANT the pg_ctl command to hang until all files are archived because immediately after I issue "pg_ctl stop" I want to be able to unmount the disk that the archived logs are being copied to.

Thanks for any information,

Mitchell

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