Hello
> Anyway, for now I think that your first patch would be enough, i.e.,
> just change the context of restore_command to PGC_SIGHUP.
Glad to hear. Attached a rebased version of the original proposal.
regards, Sergei
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index f043433e31..ec74cb43ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -3542,7 +3542,8 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"' # Windows
</para>
<para>
- This parameter can only be set at server start.
+ This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
+ file or on the server command line.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index bb34630e8e..a732279f52 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -3699,7 +3699,7 @@ static struct config_string ConfigureNamesString[] =
},
{
- {"restore_command", PGC_POSTMASTER, WAL_ARCHIVE_RECOVERY,
+ {"restore_command", PGC_SIGHUP, WAL_ARCHIVE_RECOVERY,
gettext_noop("Sets the shell command that will be called to retrieve an archived WAL file."),
NULL
},
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 9cb571f7cc..9c9091e601 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@
# placeholders: %p = path of file to restore
# %f = file name only
# e.g. 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p'
- # (change requires restart)
#archive_cleanup_command = '' # command to execute at every restartpoint
#recovery_end_command = '' # command to execute at completion of recovery
