Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-18T16:31:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>>> Actually, after some IM chats, I think pg_streamrecv should be
>>> renamed, probably to pg_walstream (or pg_logstream, but pg_walstream
>>> is a lot more specific than that)

>> pg_stream_log
>> pg_stream_backup

> Those seem better.

> Tom, would those solve your concerns about it being clear which side
> they are on? Or do you think you'd still risk reading them as the
> sending side?

It's still totally unclear what they do.  How about "pg_receive_log"
etc?

			regards, tom lane