Bug in WAL backup documentation

Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>

To: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org

Date: 2006-11-03T11:23:23Z

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wal_backup_doc.patch (application/octet-stream) patch

Our WAL backup documentation says in some parts of it:

..."%p is replaced by the absolute path of the file to archive..." [1]

I think this is (at least for 8.1 and upcoming 8.2 releases) wrong, since 
the archiver
replaces this with pg_xlog/<LOGFILENAME> only, so that the archive command
is invoked with the relative path to the database data directory and its 
xlog files. This
applies to the restore_command as well. Attached is a small patch against 
HEAD, which
will adjust things in the documentation.

[1] 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/backup-online.html#BACKUP-ARCHIVING-WAL

-- 
  Thanks

                    Bernd