Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C8B06377A2 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:05:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 58082-06-4 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:04:40 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5249964023D for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:04:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n2Q24BW7011505; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:12 -0400 (EDT) To: Frank Wiles cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: wal shipping/pg_standby docs patch In-reply-to: <7bbd319d0903251220n1c009a7i95b559387812bd85@mail.gmail.com> References: <7bbd319d0903251220n1c009a7i95b559387812bd85@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Frank Wiles message dated "Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:20:51 -0500" Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:04:11 -0400 Message-ID: <11504.1238033051@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.013 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=0.013 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200903/19 X-Sequence-Number: 5077 Frank Wiles writes: > Attached is a patch that makes the suggestion be 'rsync -avr' in both > backup.sgml and pg_standby.sgml. Seems to me the first question to ask is exactly why you got "bit" by cp. I doubt that rsync will provide a magic answer. regards, tom lane