On 2013-04-23 11:51:06 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Andres Freund escribió: > > On 2013-04-23 15:16:05 +0530, Pavan Deolasee wrote: > > > > > It works without either if you use explicit options like -s STARTADDR > > > > and -p PATH which is frequently useful to just print a few records at > > > > the correct point. I am not sure how could put that in there without > > > > making it too complicated. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > Ah ok. Can we mention these details at in the documentation ? > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/pgxlogdump.html > > > > So something like: > > At least one of STARTSEG, --start and --path or --rmgr=list has to be > > specified. > > I think we need more than one synopsis line. Maybe > > Usage: > pg_xlogdump [OPTION] --path=PATH --start=STARTPOS > pg_xlogdump [OPTION] [STARTSEG [ENDSEG]] > > And then, under "options", do not list --path and --start (because > that'd imply they can be used when STARTSEG is specified, which I > understand they cannot).
Both can be used. If you specify --start and STARTSEG the address has to be contained in the file: if (XLogRecPtrIsInvalid(private.startptr)) XLogSegNoOffsetToRecPtr(segno, 0, private.startptr); else if (!XLByteInSeg(private.startptr, segno)) { fprintf(stderr, "%s: start log position %X/%X is not inside file \"%s\"\n", progname, (uint32) (private.startptr >> 32), (uint32) private.startptr, fname); goto bad_argument; } --path and STARTSEG/ENDSEG also makes sense, it will be used to locate the file. > Do we have any other possible operation mode? IIRC those are the only > two possible modes. I think so as well. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers