Re: Forcing current WAL file to be archived

Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Where are we on these TODO items:

> o Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled
> write-ahead logs [pitr]

I believe we'd agreed that the necessary infrastructure for this is
just a function to tell the current WAL segment name and offset.

> o Automatically force archiving of partially-filled WAL files when
> pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped

I see no need for that to be "automatic". I'd vote for a simple
function pg_finish_wal_segment() or something like that, which you
call just after pg_stop_backup() if you want this behavior. Trying
to tie it into pg_stop_backup() will only make things more complicated
and less flexible.

regards, tom lane