I found the examples of documentation about archive_command and restore_command for Windows are incorrect or improper.
- "copy" doesn't accept / (slash) as a path separator. We should use \\ (double backslash) for the purpose. - Windows path is typically starts with a drive letter (C:\\). - We'd better to quote a whole path, not only the last filename with double-quotes. It can work, but is not a windows manner. Index: doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml =================================================================== --- doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml (HEAD) +++ doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml (working copy) @@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ when so asked. Examples: <programlisting> restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f "%p"' -restore_command = 'copy /mnt/server/archivedir/%f "%p"' # Windows +restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir/%f" "%p"' # Windows </programlisting> </para> </listitem> Index: doc/src/sgml/config.sgml =================================================================== --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml (HEAD) +++ doc/src/sgml/config.sgml (working copy) @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ and only if it succeeds. Examples: <programlisting> archive_command = 'cp "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' -archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Windows +archive_command = 'copy "%p" "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f"' # Windows </programlisting> </para> </listitem> Regards, --- ITAGAKI Takahiro NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches