Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups
Date: 2011-01-17 19:31:41
Message-ID: 19128.1295292701@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Actually, after some IM chats, I think pg_streamrecv should be
> renamed, probably to pg_walstream (or pg_logstream, but pg_walstream
> is a lot more specific than that)

What I like about streamrecv is it's fairly clear which end of the
connection it's supposed to be used on. I find "pg_basebackup"
quite lacking from that perspective, and the same for the names
above. Or are you proposing to merge the send and receive sides
into one executable?

regards, tom lane

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