Re: Incremental Backup Script

From: "Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Incremental Backup Script
Date: 2005-12-25 22:04:02
Message-ID: don4ue$1qrr$1@news.hub.org
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""Gregor Zeitlinger"" <gregor(dot)zeitlinger(at)torexretail(dot)de> wrote
>
> Also, I was wondering whether it is always safe to copy the current WAL
> file, i.e. may the current WAL file be invalid in any circumstance?
>

If you mean "current WAL file" is the xlog segment in use, then it is
dangerous. We only backup the xlog segments that have been fully used up.

Regards,
Qingqing

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