On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 15:55 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > One question then: how do we ensure that the archive does not grow too > > big? pg_standby cleans down the archive using %R. That function appears > > to not exist anymore. > > You can still use %R. Of course, plain 'cp' won't know what to do with > it, so a script will then be required. We should probably provide a > sample of that in the docs, or even a ready-made tool similar to > pg_standby but without the waiting.
So we still need a script but it can't be pg_standby? Hmmm, OK... Might it not be simpler to add a parameter onto pg_standby? We send %s to tell pg_standby the standby_mode of the server which is calling it so it can decide how to act in each case. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
