Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vp3TZ-0004fW-2n for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:02:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vp3TY-0002jg-GD for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:02:20 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:7903:4::125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vp3TX-0002iC-7W for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:02:19 +0000 Received: from mailout1.easymail.ca ([64.68.200.113] helo=mailout4.easymail.ca) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vp3TU-000869-LL for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:02:18 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout4.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFF6E13F; Fri, 6 Dec 2013 17:02:11 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout4.easymail.ca Received: from mailout4.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (easymail-mailout2.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1qVnwIoBLi9o; Fri, 6 Dec 2013 17:02:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.2.118] (65-128-7-201.hlrn.qwest.net [65.128.7.201]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout4.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97F89E13B; Fri, 6 Dec 2013 17:02:06 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) Subject: Re: Cold backup with rsync -- WAL files? From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: <1386366370.97863.YahooMailNeo@web162901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:01:57 -0700 Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <221425DD-2FC7-49EF-83CB-D56274E75E6C@elevated-dev.com> References: <23125649.944094.1386343468257.JavaMail.root@mail.int.journyx.com> <1386366370.97863.YahooMailNeo@web162901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> To: Kevin Grittner X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1822) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Now, if you're very clever you might be able to copy just > *selected* WAL files. You've gotta ask yourself a question: "Do I > feel lucky?" Well, do ya?=20 No. I've often that it would be a nice feature for pg_start_backup to write= a list of the required log files. --=20 Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice --=20 Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin