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

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 <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>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, $backup_label_files
>> >
>>
>> I hadn't considered any details, but yes, someting along that line.
>> And then you could also include arbitrary filenames or directories
>> should you want. E.g. if you use the data directory to store your
>> torrents or something.

>Man, that's a great idea. Database servers have lots of diskspace in that partition, so it should work really well. Thanks!

Yes, It sounds like a good idea. I will look into this and start working in sometime.

Thanks & Regards,
Vaishnavi
Fujitsu Australia