[DOCS] Proposed doc-patch: Identifying the Current WAL file

2006-04-17 Thread Richard Huxton
Reading Tom's posting here: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-04/msg00499.php I just realised we don't seem to mention this in the docs anywhere. I propose adding a short paragraph to 23.3.1 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/backup-online.html#BACKUP-ONLINE-CAVEATS Afte

Re: [DOCS] Proposed doc-patch: Identifying the Current WAL file

2006-04-17 Thread Stephen Frost
* Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: > In the first case, x2 is current, having be just switched to from x1, > while in the second case, x1 is current. In BSD, you can use ls -ltT to > see the seconds, but in Linux it is something different, and I am sure > there are some operating syst

Re: [DOCS] Proposed doc-patch: Identifying the Current WAL file

2006-04-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Stephen Frost wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > * Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: > > In the first case, x2 is current, having be just switched to from x1, > > while in the second case, x1 is current. In BSD, you can use ls -ltT to > > see the seconds, but in Linux it is somet

Re: [DOCS] Proposed doc-patch: Identifying the Current WAL file

2006-04-17 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Jeff Frost wrote: > So it looks like the original was correct all along, but with Tom's regex > it's much cleaner. Too bad grep's regex engine doesn't support {24}. Try grep -E ... it's even POSIX AFAIR. -- Alvaro Herrerahttp://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL