Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> writes: > Josh Berkus wrote: >> OK, so we need a way out of that cycle if the user is issuing >> pg_stop_backup because they *already know* that archive_command is >> failing. Right now, there's no way out other than a fast shutdown,
> Sure there is. Just kill the session, Ctrl-c or similar. > pg_stop_backup() isn't actually doing anything at that point anymore; > it's just waiting for the files to be archived before returning. One objection to this is that it's not very clear to the user when pg_stop_backup has finished with actual work and is just waiting for the archiver, ie when is it safe to hit control-C? Maybe we should emit a "backup done, waiting for archiver to complete" notice before entering the sleep loop. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers