On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 10:39:41AM -0500, Pallav Kalva wrote: > What do you think about this option ? If I just do scp from the > /archives folder, I will be ok and wont copy any partial files at any > time right ? > archive_command = 'cp %p /archives-temp/%f && mv /archives-temp/%f > /archives/%f' A simple scp leaves you vulnerable to a WAL file only being partially copied if a backhoe hits at just the right moment. I believe that wouldn't be an issue with rsync, since it won't put a file in place until it's completely transfered. So if you want to use scp, I think you'd need to scp to a temporary directory, and then do a final move. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
