* Simon Riggs (simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > On 23 January 2017 at 17:12, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Just to make sure anyone reading the mailing list archives isn't > >> confused, running pg_start_backup does *not* make PG stop writing to > >> BASEDIR (or DATADIR, or anything, really). PG *will* continue to write > >> data into BASEDIR after pg_start_backup has been called. > > > > Correct. Unfortunately it is a very common myth that it does cause > > PostgreSQL to stop writing to the base dir. > > Never heard that one before. Wow. Who's been saying that? Well, this conversation started because of such a comment, so at least one person on this thread (though I believe that's been clarified sufficiently now). > It's taken me years to hunt down all invalid backup memes and terminate them. A never-ending and thankless task, so, my thanks to you for your efforts. :) > Never fails to surprise me how many people don't read the docs. +1MM. Thanks again! Stephen
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