From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: odd output in restore mode
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:29:03 -0400
Message-ID: <48696C3F.4060901@dunslane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200806302213.m5UMDCW22128@momjian.us>
References: <200806302213.m5UMDCW22128@momjian.us>
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know how you tested,
>>>
>> Copy a large file across a relatively slow network, and check the size
>> on the destination drive before it finishes.
>>
>>
>>> but could you please repeat the test with
>>> GnuWin32's cp.exe? If it doesn't preallocate the space then I think our way
>>> forward is reasonably clear:
>>>
>> It does not pre-allocate.
>>
>>
>>> . we recommend its use for Windows archive_command settings
>>> . we provide the delay kluge as switchable behaviour on Windows instead of
>>> having it always on.
>>>
>> Sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>
> Are there any changes we need to make here?
>
>
Yes. Simon has promised a patch to do the above.
cheers
andrew
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