Re: Preliminary PITR documentation available

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-08-04T02:11:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> People have been complaining (not without reason) that without any
> documentation they can hardly test the new PITR code.  I have hacked
> up and committed some rough docs that should be enough for testing.
> They're on-line now at
> http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html
> and should within a few hours be visible at
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/backup-online.html
> (but right now the latter page contains only an introductory blurb).

I love this:

"The ability to restore the database to a previous point in time creates 
some complexities that are akin to science-fiction stories about time 
travel and parallel universes."

Awesome :)

Chris