Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 4/9/14, 10:57 AM, Magnus Hagander wrote: So it'd be an array, and by default you'd have something like: basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory ? Maybe use it to skip backup labels by default as well. basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory,

Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-09 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Prabakaran, Vaishnavi vaishna...@fast.au.fujitsu.com wrote: Hi all, Following the discussion in message id - cahgqgwffmor4ecugwhzpaapyqbsekdg66vmj1rvej6z-ega...@mail.gmail.com , I have developed the patch which gives option to user to exclude pg_log

Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-09 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Magnus Hagander wrote: While pg_log is definitely the most common one being the default on many platforms, we'll still be missing other ones. Should we really hardcode it, or should we somehow derive it from the settings for log_directory instead? As a more general discussion, is this

Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-09 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@2ndquadrant.comwrote: Magnus Hagander wrote: While pg_log is definitely the most common one being the default on many platforms, we'll still be missing other ones. Should we really hardcode it, or should we somehow derive it from

Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-09 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Magnus Hagander wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@2ndquadrant.comwrote: So it'd be an array, and by default you'd have something like: basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory ? Maybe use it to skip backup labels by default as well.

Re: [HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-09 Thread Prabakaran, Vaishnavi
On Thursday, Apr 10,2014 at 1:15Am, Álvaro Herrera wrote: Magnus Hagander wrote: On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@2ndquadrant.comwrote: So it'd be an array, and by default you'd have something like: basebackup_skip_path = $log_directory ? Maybe use it to skip

[HACKERS] New option in pg_basebackup to exclude pg_log files during base backup

2014-04-08 Thread Prabakaran, Vaishnavi
Hi all, Following the discussion in message id - cahgqgwffmor4ecugwhzpaapyqbsekdg66vmj1rvej6z-ega...@mail.gmail.commailto:cahgqgwffmor4ecugwhzpaapyqbsekdg66vmj1rvej6z-ega...@mail.gmail.com , I have developed the patch which gives option to user to exclude pg_log directory contents in