OK, that is what the other fellow said... It depends on the TCP/IP stack... Thanks again for the clarification. --- Magnus Hagander <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 06:55:12AM -0700, Jeff Lanzarotta wrote: > > OK, thanks. I figured the server would at some point in time clear > the > > connection up, my question now is when does that happen? Any idea > how > > long the connection sit around before the server cleans it up? > Someone > > else said possibly an hour... > > Depends on yuor OS - when the TCP connection times out, PostgreSQL > will > clean up and terminate the backup. > > //Magnus > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend >