"Donald Fraser" <postgres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We have been testing the on-line backup of PostgreSQL and after issuing a > pg_stop_backup() PostgreSQL is still using the archive command, as set in > postgresql.conf, for every new WAL block generated. Um ... why would that surprise you? That facility is designed for continuous archiving of WAL. If you want to make a one-shot dump, pg_dump is a much better tool. regards, tom lane
