Re: trigger run of archive_command?

Hi,

Thomas Karcher <thkarcher@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > this one is still open when I run pg_stop_backup(), so I want to trigger
the
> > archive_command to be sure that I don't miss anything.
>
> I guess what you want is pg_switch_xlog() (see
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-admin.html)
this is exactly what I am looking for
> which became available with PG 8.2 ...
unfortunately right now I am stuck to PG 8.1.4.
I hope I can manage to upgrade without too much hassle, it seems meanwhile I
have to use my workaround.

thanks a lot
Sebastian