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| 1 | +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.100 2007/09/14 04:15:50 momjian Exp $ --> |
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3 | 3 | <chapter id="backup">
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4 | 4 | <title>Backup and Restore</title>
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@@ -729,16 +729,17 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup();
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729 | 729 | <para>
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730 | 730 | Some backup tools that you might wish to use emit warnings or errors
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731 | 731 | if the files they are trying to copy change while the copy proceeds.
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732 |
| - This situation is normal, and not an error, when taking a base backup of |
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| - an active database; so you need to ensure that you can distinguish |
| 732 | + This situation is normal, and not an error, when taking a base backup |
| 733 | + of an active database; so you need to ensure that you can distinguish |
734 | 734 | complaints of this sort from real errors. For example, some versions
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735 |
| - of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for <quote>vanished |
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| - source files</>, and you can write a driver script to accept this exit |
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| - code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of GNU |
738 |
| - <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file is changed while |
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| - <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU |
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| - <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exit with <literal>1</> |
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| - if files changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other errors. |
| 735 | + of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for |
| 736 | + <quote>vanished source files</>, and you can write a driver script to |
| 737 | + accept this exit code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of |
| 738 | + GNU <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file was truncated |
| 739 | + while <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU |
| 740 | + <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exits with <literal>1</> |
| 741 | + if a file was changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other |
| 742 | + errors. |
742 | 743 | </para>
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743 | 744 |
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744 | 745 | <para>
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