Nico Sabbi wrote: > > > but "cp /tmp/pg//000000010000000000000021 pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" looks suspicious to me. > Works for me [clip from process listing]: postgres 12864 12863 0 18:36 ? 00:00:00 cp /wal/00000001000000E100000035 pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG I think RECOVERYXLOG should be overwritten every time (the -l mode also recreates RECOVERYXLOG link that points to the latest wal). BTW thanks to Simon Riggs for pg_standby, it works very well! Regards MP