On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 01:48, Matthias Apitz <g...@unixarea.de> wrote:
> This is exactly the point of my question (and I figured it out too): > Where is this explained that «pg_wal.tar.gz file has to uncompressed in > pg_wal dir»? > > indeed, I am not able to find or search relative reference in docs (i never used pg_basebackup for backups but mostly replica setup), so i never ran this procedure. although, i see a reference in test lib file to help atleast confirm the source repo has a reference to it. postgres/PostgresNode.pm at 856de3b39cf6041338b286a99257c324ce647f4e · postgres/postgres (github.com) <https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/856de3b39cf6041338b286a99257c324ce647f4e/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm#L690> i can link the c source file, but that would not be your answer. somehow, this procedure is all over the internet, via blogs etc, but i do not know where it is in the docs. > Or, wouldn't it even be better that the files in > pg_wal.tar.gz would have the dir pg_wal in front? > > I am not sure, I am the best person to answer this question. -- Thanks, Vijay Mumbai, India
