Re: [ADMIN] does wal archiving block the current client connection?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] does wal archiving block the current client connection?
Date: 2006-05-19 16:03:17
Message-ID: 727.1148054597@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> OK, I'm on it.

What solution have you got in mind? I was thinking about an fcntl lock
to ensure only one archiver is active in a given data directory. That
would fix the problem without affecting anything outside the archiver.
Not sure what's the most portable way to do it though.

regards, tom lane

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