Re: pg_basebackup and pg_stat_tmp directory

On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 2/2/14, 10:23 AM, Fujii Masao wrote:
>> I'm thinking to change basebackup.c so that it compares the
>> name of the directory that it's trying to back up and the setting
>> value of log_directory parameter, then, if they are the same,
>> it just skips the directory. The patch that I sent upthread does
>> this regarding stats_temp_directory.
>
> I'm undecided on whether log files should be copied, but in case we
> decide not to, it needs to be considered whether we at least recreate
> the pg_log directory on the standby.  Otherwise weird things will happen
> when you start the standby, and it would introduce an extra fixup step
> to sort that out.

Yes, basically we should skip only files under pg_log, but not pg_log
directory itself.

> Extra credit for doing something useful when pg_log is a symlink.
>
> I fear, however, that if you end up implementing all that logic, it
> would become too much special magic.

ISTM that pg_xlog has already been handled in that way by basebackup.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao