Reading Tom's posting here: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-04/msg00499.php
I just realised we don't seem to mention this in the docs anywhere. I propose adding a short paragraph to 23.3.1 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/backup-online.html#BACKUP-ONLINE-CAVEATS After "Except in the case of retrying a failure, it will be called only once for any given file name." To identify the current, partially-filled WAL segment, sort first by mtime and second by file name. That is, take the latest mtime among the properly-named files, breaking ties by taking the higher filename. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
