Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01152E0035 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 11:28:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 83443-04 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 11:28:43 -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 developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FCAF2E00A9 for ; Fri, 9 May 2008 11:28:49 -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 m49ESS9e013593; Fri, 9 May 2008 10:28:29 -0400 (EDT) To: Simon Riggs cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: .backup files not needed? In-reply-to: <1210315913.4268.532.camel@ebony.site> References: <1210315913.4268.532.camel@ebony.site> Comments: In-reply-to Simon Riggs message dated "Fri, 09 May 2008 07:51:53 +0100" Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:28:28 -0400 Message-ID: <13592.1210343308@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200805/18 X-Sequence-Number: 4904 Simon Riggs writes: > Just had questions from a replication user about why the .backup file is > described as "can ordinarily be ignored" and is considered optional by > recovery also even when pg_start_backup() was used. What it says is that the second part of the filename can ordinarily be ignored. I don't know why neither he nor you managed to parse the sentence correctly. Feel free to propose a rewording, but removing information doesn't sound like a solution. regards, tom lane