Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?

From: Mitchell Bösecke <mitchell(dot)bosecke(at)forcorp(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?
Date: 2014-11-06 20:49:45
Message-ID: CACT-PvJ28eTEfOUjxYVCK0ETVBmH895pP2D9WPSjBCdKN-dXsA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

My understanding is that when postgresql is shutdown it triggers a
checkpoint which triggers the archiving of completed tx logs. Will the
"pg_ctl stop" command wait for archiving to complete or is the act of
archiving completely asynchronous from the shutdown process?

In my case, I WANT the pg_ctl command to hang until all files are archived
because immediately after I issue "pg_ctl stop" I want to be able to
unmount the disk that the archived logs are being copied to.

Thanks for any information,

Mitchell

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