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>
> My issue is the &f instead of %f at the end. However here's the intent:
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> if the first command is true (cp %p /data/wal_tmp/%f) then I want the
> second command to execute (mv /data/wal_tmp/%f /data/wal/%f)
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>
In this case archiver process fail, because there won't be directory called
/data/wal_tmp anymore with your your "mv" command.
> since both directories are in the same file system the mv is immediate so
> any process watching for files to show up in /data/wal will never see a
> partial file
>
>
"partial file" ?
Its 16MB file in any case there won't be any partial files, because after
completion of writing 16mb file in xlog it will come to archive location
else not.
--Raghav