Re: PITR on Win32 - Archive and Restore

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PITR on Win32 - Archive and Restore
Date: 2004-08-09 17:08:17
Message-ID: 4117AF81.5010709@pse-consulting.de
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Tom Lane wrote:
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>
> The fact that we are invoking a shell command here is not a bug, it's
> a feature. cp is not the only possible command one might want to use,
> nor even the most likely command --- it's just the simplest case that
> could possibly be useful. I fully expect that people will be using some
> sort of shell script in production.

This means that all win32 rules on filenames apply on all those calls,
i.e. directory backslashes only, and proper quoting (which might be tool
dependent in some cases).

ifdef time...

Regards,
Andreas

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