>So where does the rsync you mentioned previously fit into this? A cron runs on warm_standby to pull (and delete) the WAL's from the master. rsync -avz --progress --remove-sent-files master:/var/lib/pgsql/archives/ /var/lib/pgsql/archives/ >I do not see an -l option in the 8.4.x version of pg_standby, I do see it in the >8.3 version. I agree. pg_standby --help says exactly that. -l does nothing; use of link is now deprecated >Where are you getting pg_standby from? -bash-3.2$ which pg_standby /usr/bin/pg_standby -bash-3.2$ pg_standby --version pg_standby (PostgreSQL) 8.4.17 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general