Re: refactoring basebackup.c

Here at last is a new version.

if i try to perform pg_basebackup using "-t server " option against localhost V/S remote machine ,
i can see difference in backup size.

data directory whose size is

[edb@centos7tushar bin]$ du -sch data/
578M    data/
578M    total

-h=localhost

[edb@centos7tushar bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -t server:/tmp/all_data2 -h localhost   -Xnone --no-manifest -P -v
pg_basebackup: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete
pg_basebackup: checkpoint completed
NOTICE:  all required WAL segments have been archived                          
329595/329595 kB (100%), 1/1 tablespace                                        
pg_basebackup: base backup completed

[edb@centos7tushar bin]$ du -sch /tmp/all_data2
322M    /tmp/all_data2
322M    total
[edb@centos7tushar bin]$

-h=remote

[edb@centos7tushar bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -t server:/tmp/all_data2 -h <remote IP> -Xnone --no-manifest -P -v
pg_basebackup: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete
pg_basebackup: checkpoint completed
NOTICE:  all required WAL segments have been archived                          
170437/170437 kB (100%), 1/1 tablespace                                        
pg_basebackup: base backup completed

[edb@0 bin]$ du -sch /tmp/all_data2
167M    /tmp/all_data2
167M    total
[edb@0 bin]$

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regards,tushar
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