Re: (13.1) pg_basebackups ./. pg_verifybackup

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 01:48, Matthias Apitz <guru(at)unixarea(dot)de> wrote:

> This is exactly the point of my question (and I figured it out too):
> Where is this explained that «pg_wal.tar.gz file has to uncompressed in
> pg_wal dir»?
>
>
indeed, I am not able to find or search relative reference in docs (i never
used pg_basebackup for backups but mostly replica setup),
so i never ran this procedure.
although, i see a reference in test lib file to help atleast confirm the
source repo has a reference to it.
postgres/PostgresNode.pm at 856de3b39cf6041338b286a99257c324ce647f4e ·
postgres/postgres (github.com)
<https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/856de3b39cf6041338b286a99257c324ce647f4e/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm#L690>

i can link the c source file, but that would not be your answer.
somehow, this procedure is all over the internet, via blogs etc, but i do
not know where it is in the docs.

> Or, wouldn't it even be better that the files in
> pg_wal.tar.gz would have the dir pg_wal in front?
>
>
I am not sure, I am the best person to answer this question.

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Thanks,
Vijay
Mumbai, India