Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
Date: 2017-01-26 18:14:59
Message-ID: 22262.1485454499@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Yeah, I thought about that, too, but it doesn't really seem worth it.
> If we had pg_receive_wal and pg_receive_logical, they'd be nicely
> consistent with each other, but inconsistent with practically every
> other utility we have: pg_basebackup, pg_archivecleanup,
> pg_controldata, etc.

Mmm, good point. I was looking at pg_test_fsync and pg_test_timing,
but those are the only exceptions, and they're only quasi-user-facing
anyway.

regards, tom lane

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