2012/2/2 Marti Raudsepp <ma...@juffo.org>: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 20:33, Gilles Darold <gilles.dar...@dalibo.com> wrote: >> After some time searching for a Pg system administration function like >> pg_is_in_recovery(), let's say pg_is_in_backup(), I couldn't find one. >> The minor patch attached here adds this administrative function that can >> be used with others backup control functions. This is a very little >> patch outside documentation because the function is only a wrapper to >> the internal BackupInProgress() function, just like pg_is_in_recovery() >> is calling RecoveryInProgress(). > > I think it would be more useful to have a function that returns a > timestamp when the backup started. That way, it's possible to write a > generic monitoring script that alerts the sysadmin only when a backup > has been running for too long, but is silent for well-behaved backups.
+1 Pavel > > Regards, > Marti > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
