On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 6:41 PM, Andrey V. Lepikhov <a.lepik...@postgrespro.ru> wrote: > > > On 10.07.2018 06:45, Andres Freund wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On 2018-07-10 06:41:32 +0500, Andrey V. Lepikhov wrote: >>> >>> This functionality is needed in practice when we have to determine a >>> recovery time of specific backup. >> >> >> What do you mean by "recovery time of specific backup"? >> > > recovery time - is a time point where backup of PostgreSQL database instance > was made. > Performing database recovery, we want to know what point in time the > restored database will correspond to. > This functionality refers to improving the usability of pg_basebackup and > pg_probackup utilities.
Why don't you use a backup history file for that purpose? Regards, -- Fujii Masao
