On 2020-Jan-24, Mark Dilger wrote: > I would expect, therefore, that we only back up files which match our > expected file name pattern and ignore (perhaps with a warning) > everything else.
That risks missing files placed in the datadir by extensions; see discussion about pg_checksums using a whitelist[1], which does not translate directly to this problem, because omitting to checksum a file is not the same as failing to copy a file into the backups. (Essentially, the backups would be incomplete.) [1] https://postgr.es/m/20181019171747.4uithw2sjkt6m...@alap3.anarazel.de -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
