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Clarify tar documentation about return error codes.
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doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml

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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.100 2007/09/14 04:15:50 momjian Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.101 2007/09/14 13:26:22 momjian Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="backup">
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<title>Backup and Restore</title>
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of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for
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<quote>vanished source files</>, and you can write a driver script to
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accept this exit code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of
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GNU <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file was truncated
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while <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU
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<application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exits with <literal>1</>
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if a file was changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other
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errors.
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GNU <application>tar</> return an error code indistinguishable from
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a fatal error if a file was truncated while <application>tar</> was
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copying it. Fortunately, GNU <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and
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later exits with <literal>1</> if a file was changed during the backup,
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and <literal>2</> for other errors.
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</para>
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