On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:18 PM, David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> On 9/6/16 10:25 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 12:16 AM, David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Attached is a new patch that adds sgml documentation. I can expand on
>>> each
>>> directory individually if you think that's necessary, but thought it was
>>> better to lump them into a few categories.
>>
>>
>> + be ommitted from the backup as they will be initialized on postmaster
>> + startup. If the <xref linkend="GUC-STATS-TEMP-DIRECTORY"> is set and
>> is
>> + under the database cluster directory then the contents of the
>> directory
>> + specified by <xref linkend="GUC-STATS-TEMP-DIRECTORY"> can also
>> be ommitted.
>>
>> s/ommitted/omitted/
>
>
> Fixed.
>
>> +#define EXCLUDE_DIR_MAX 8
>> +#define EXCLUDE_DIR_STAT_TMP 0
>> +
>> +const char *excludeDirContents[EXCLUDE_DIR_MAX] =
>> +{
>> + /*
>> + * Skip temporary statistics files. The first array position will be
>> + * filled with the value of pgstat_stat_directory relative to PGDATA.
>> + * PG_STAT_TMP_DIR must be skipped even when stats_temp_directory is
>> set
>> + * because PGSS_TEXT_FILE is always created there.
>> + */
>> + NULL,
>> I find that ugly. I'd rather use an array with undefined size for the
>> fixed elements finishing by NULL, remove EXCLUDE_DIR_MAX and
>> EXCLUDE_DIR_STAT_TMP and use a small routine to do the work done on
>> _tarWriteHeader...
>
>
> Done. Also writing out pg_xlog with the new routine.
Thanks, this looks in far better shape now.
+ /* Removed on startup, see DeleteAllExportedSnapshotFiles(). */
+ "pg_snapshots",
Using SNAPSHOT_EXPORT_DIR is possible here.
+_tarWriteDir(char *pathbuf, int basepathlen, struct stat *statbuf,
+ bool sizeonly)
That's nice, thanks! This even takes care of the fact when directories
other than pg_xlog are symlinks or junction points.
+ /* Recreated on startup, see StartupReplicationSlots(). */
+ "pg_replslot",
This comment is incorrect, pg_replslot is skipped in a base backup
because that's just useless.
--
Michael
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