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Subject: Re: Sample archive_command is still problematic
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:19:34 -0700
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On 08/18/2014 10:31 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <[email protected]> writes:
>> 2) One reason users are using the "test -f" version of the archive
>> command is that we put it in the same postgresql.conf. I would suggest
>> that we don't put *any* archive command in the sample postgresql.conf,
>> since there is no command we can supply which isn't a potential foot-gun.
>
> If you want to remove the last line of this:
>
> #archive_command = '' # command to use to archive a logfile segment
> # placeholders: %p = path of file to archive
> # %f = file name only
> # e.g. 'test ! -f /mnt/server/archivedir/%f && cp %p /mnt/server/archivedir/%f'
>
> I'm okay with that. But if you want to remove the sample command from the
> SGML docs I'm going to push back a bit harder...
Well, if we want a sample command in the docs, then we should actually
give a few different sample commands and even a sample shell script. If
we give the users several alternatives, maybe they'll actually think
about it instead of just C&P.
Make sense?
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Josh Berkus
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http://pgexperts.com
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