Re: Does "pg_ctl stop" wait for archiving to complete?

pg_ctl always shuts down the database cleanly unless used in immediate mode
. So as long as you use -m fast or -m smart (default), your database will
remain consistent (no data loss) and startup without any issues later on.

Payal Singh,
Database Administrator,
OmniTI Computer Consulting Inc.
Phone: 240.646.0770 x 253

On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Mitchell Bösecke <
mitchell(dot)bosecke(at)forcorp(dot)com> wrote:

> 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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