| From: | Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> |
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| To: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Hackers (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: detecting binary backup in progress |
| Date: | 2013-05-31 17:42:53 |
| Message-ID: | CAA-aLv4VxEtO88s5q_HqM93Bp8CmVMSMgmx6PiYRc2LCgecwJA@mail.gmail.com |
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On 31 May 2013 18:38, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote:
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> I can check for the presence of $PGDATA/backup_label in order to detect
> a backup in progress (i.e. pg_start_backup() has been run and
> pg_stop_backup() has not yet been run).
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> However there is a period of time after pg_start_backup() is first
> executed to when it completes, during which backup_label file does not
> exist yet, but the backup has essentially been started. Is there any
> way to detect this state?
pg_is_in_backup()
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Thom
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