"Donald Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We have been testing the on-line backup of PostgreSQL and after issuing a 
> pg_stop_backup() PostgreSQL is still using the archive command, as set in 
> postgresql.conf, for every new WAL block generated.

Um ... why would that surprise you?  That facility is designed for
continuous archiving of WAL.  If you want to make a one-shot dump,
pg_dump is a much better tool.

                        regards, tom lane

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