On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 04:13, Tom Lane wrote: > Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > When archiver starts the FIRST thing it does is run a test to confirm > > that the command string works, so setting archive_command to '' would > > simply generate an error. > > No, it would do no such thing; the test cannot really tell anything more > than whether system("foo") returns zero ... and at least on my machine, > system("") returns zero. It certainly does not prove that any data went > to anyplace safe. > > I diked that test out of the committed patch because I felt it cluttered > the archive area without actually proving anything of interest. We can > revisit the point if you like. >
If the test doesn't guarantee success, then it needs to go.... Thanks for removing it. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings