Re: [DOCS] .backup files not needed?

2008-05-09 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 10:35 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > The comment is saying "the second part of the file name" can be ignored, > not the backup file itself. Yes, I know. I'm asking if anyone minds me changing the docs to make it clearer, not being confused by it myself. The issue was raised b

Re: [DOCS] .backup files not needed?

2008-05-09 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 10:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Just had questions from a replication user about why the .backup file is > > described as "can ordinarily be ignored" and is considered optional by > > recovery also even when pg_start_backup() was used

Re: [DOCS] .backup files not needed?

2008-05-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Simon Riggs wrote: > Just had questions from a replication user about why the .backup file is > described as "can ordinarily be ignored" and is considered optional by > recovery also even when pg_start_backup() was used. > > If the file was created, it is necessary to use it in recovery, so > shou

Re: [DOCS] .backup files not needed?

2008-05-09 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just had questions from a replication user about why the .backup file is > described as "can ordinarily be ignored" and is considered optional by > recovery also even when pg_start_backup() was used. What it says is that the second part of the filename can