diff options
| author | Magnus Hagander | 2012-06-05 11:48:18 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Magnus Hagander | 2012-06-05 11:54:59 +0000 |
| commit | 778201200b4a5b287fe931e20ae804e8398d4872 (patch) | |
| tree | dea4cb606d3fbaa645b3cb0d1c73d39fb0e07128 /doc/src | |
| parent | 3dd8e596812e3adb72aecafb23fbb6a30836c475 (diff) | |
Add example of archive_command to use with pg_receivexlog
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml index f0a7763bdfc..7ddf02fe28d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml @@ -260,7 +260,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation recycle transaction log files even if the backups are not properly archived, since there is no command that fails. This can be worked around by having an <xref linkend="guc-archive-command"> that fails - when the file has not been properly archived yet. + when the file has not been properly archived yet, for example: +<programlisting> +archive_command = 'sleep 5 && test -f /mnt/server/archivedir/%f' +</programlisting> + The initial timeout is necessary because + <application>pg_receivexlog</application> works using asynchronous + replication and can therefor be slightly behind the master. </para> </refsect1> |