Re: Base Backup Streaming

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 18:53, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr> wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4C80D9B8.2020301@enterprisedb.com
>>
>> That just needs to be polished into shape, and documentation.

I have an updated version of this somewhere.IIRC it also needs things
like tablespace support, ubt it's well on it's way.

> Wow, cool!  I don't know how but I've missed it.

Yes, especially since we discussed it in Stuttgart. I guess it may
have been during the party...


>> +1. Or maybe it would be better make it a separate binary, rather than part
>> of pg_ctl.
>
> Well the thinking was that nowadays we support initdb from pg_ctl, and
> this is another kind of initdb, really.

Yes, if it should go in any of the current binaries, initdb would be
the reasonable place, not pg_ctl ;)

That said, if we're going to wrap pg_streamrecv into 9.1 (which I
think we should), then *that* is where it should go.

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