On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I was just curious to know how would "*pg_basebackup*" behave if we do > create a symbolic link for directories other than pg_xlog/pg_tblspc. > However it is clearly mentioned in the documentation of pg_basebackup that > if a Symbolic link for the directories other than pg_tblspc and pg_xlog is > created then it would be skipped. But, that is not the case for pg_replslot > and pg_stat_tmp. Is this not an issue. Should these directories not be > skipped. Please let me know your thoughts on this. Thanks. > I agree that actually generating a corrupt tarfile is not good. But I think the correct fix is to actually generate an empty placeholder directory rather than skipping it - thereby making the backup look the same as it would if it was a correct directory where we just skipped the contents. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
