Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:51:34 -0700
From: Martin Zaun <Martin.Zaun@Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode
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To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>,
	Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>,
	Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
	Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>,
	PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,
	List pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches@postgresql.org>
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Greg Smith wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Kevin Grittner wrote:
>>>
>>> I've been working on an improved archive_command shell script that I 
>>> expect to submit for comments and potential inclusion in the 
>>> documentation as a better base for other people to build on. This is 
>>> one of the options for how it can operate. It would be painful but 
>>> not impossible to convert a subset of that script to run under 
>>> Windows as well, at least enough to cover this particular issue.
>>
>> A Perl script using the (standard) File::Copy module along with the 
>> builtin function rename() should be moderately portable. It would to 
>> be nice not to have to maintain two scripts.
> 
> It's also not very nice to require a Perl installation on Windows, just 
> for a replacement of Copy. Would a simple .bat script work?

With these avenues to be explored, can the pg_standby patch on the
CommitFest wiki be moved to the "Returned with Feedback" section?

Regards,
Martin