Re: Question about convert the binary WAL file

On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 03:31:06PM +0900, clipper tokyo wrote:
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> Hi, All
>
> I am new to devolopment of code, so maybe the question is quit simple.
>
> I am trying to write a tools to convert a binary WAL file to a text file.

I think you could start by looking at Tom Lane's xlogdump. It's
incomplete but it is a good start.

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To: "Mohan, Ross" <RMohan(at)arbinet(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] question about wal and point in time recovery
In-reply-to: <CC74E7E10A8A054798B6611BD1FEF4D307966B32(at)vamail01(dot)thexchange(dot)com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:26:09 -0400
Message-ID: <7043(dot)1113402369(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

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