Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> writes: > Hmm, that's not possible for the 'tar' output, but would work for 'dir' > output. Another similar idea would be to withhold the control file in > memory until the end of backup, and append it to the output as last. The > backup can't be restored until the control file is written out.
> That won't protect from more complicated scenarios, like if you take the > backup without the -x flag, and copy some but not all of the required > WAL files manually to the pg_xlog directory. But it'd be much better > than nothing for 9.1. Maybe we're overcomplicating this. What about changing pg_basebackup to print a message when the backup is completely sent/received? People would get used to that quickly, and would know to be suspicious if they didn't see it. 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