Re: backup_manifest rename to backup_manifest.old after successful postgres start up - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: backup_manifest rename to backup_manifest.old after successful postgres start up
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Msg-id ZMR/rTPkXu9roE2t@paquier.xyz
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In response to backup_manifest rename to backup_manifest.old after successful postgres start up  (Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 01:53:23AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> Hi, suggest to automatically rename backup_manifest to backup_manifest.old
> like backup_label when postgres start up successfully because it has no use
> anymore for pg_verifybackup after postgres has been started.

Yes, I would agree with you that it is not especially useful to keep
it around once the cluster has been recovered from a base backup.  It
would actually lead to various errors if attempting to run
pg_verifybackup on its data folder, for instance.
--
Michael

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