Re: pg_basebackup and pg_stat_tmp directory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: pg_basebackup and pg_stat_tmp directory
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Msg-id CAHGQGwH5vQOGukSrk0SUDzv79oR8Q9MWn_7P6YXuBwo9GigwSA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: pg_basebackup and pg_stat_tmp directory  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The files in pg_stat_tmp directory don't need to be backed up because they are
>> basically reset at the archive recovery. So I think it's worth
>> changing pg_basebackup
>> so that it skips any files in pg_stat_tmp directory. Thought?
> Skipping pgstat_temp_directory in basebackup.c would make more sense
> than directly touching pg_basebackup.
> My 2c.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking :)

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao



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