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

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