Hi Simon, Quick question on the -w option; setting it to zero "disables", do you mean it waits until the file appears or a trigger file appears, or it just doesn't wait at all?
Doug Knight WSI Inc Andover, MA On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 13:06 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 16:15 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 10:05 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote: > > > On 12/28/06, Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 19:26 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 12:04 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote: > > > > > > pg_standby and test framework, in separate .tar files > > > > > > > > > > New version (v2), following further testing. > > > > > > > > > > Signal handling not included in this version. > > > > > > > > Signal handling now added, tested and working correctly in version 3, > > > > attached. > > > > > > > > pg_standby is an example program for a warm standby script as discussed > > > > on -hackers: > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-08/msg00407.php > > > > > > > > Program looks complete and ready for review, to me. > > > > > > I double checked and re-ran all my test and confirmed that pg_standby > > > move (-m) mode is definitely busted in v3 in the sense that a restart > > > of the standby will not resume recovery and requires a pg_resetxlog to > > > become operational -- it needs one more WAL file back than the oldest > > > one available. > > > > new v4 > > > > Changes > > - removed -m command, design flaw in original spec, use -l instead > > - added -k N command to cleanup archive and leave max N files > > - fflush() points added to allow Windows debug > > - bug fix: when .history file present > > - bug fix: command line switch cleanup > > - readme updated > > new v6 (v5 was Windows dev release) > > Changes > > - added -r option to specify maxretries > - -l option for Windows Vista (only) using mklink > - Windows examples and docs added to readme > - code restructured to allow more easy customization > - bug fix: -k 0 error fixed > > - successful port report from Dave Page on Windows XP >
