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authorSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2013-03-27 11:45:42 +0000
committerSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2013-03-27 11:45:42 +0000
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Allow external recovery_config_directory
If required, recovery.conf can now be located outside of the data directory. Server needs read/write permissions on this directory.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d750f0800b7..6488399708f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ include 'filename'
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id="guc-recovery-config-directory" xreflabel="recovery_config_directory">
+ <term><varname>recovery_config_directory</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary><varname>recovery_config_directory</> configuration parameter</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the directory to use for the recovery.conf file. Note
+ the server requires read and write permission on this directory
+ because the file will be renamed to recovery.done at the end of
+ recovery.
+ This parameter can only be set at server start.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="guc-config-file" xreflabel="config_file">
<term><varname>config_file</varname> (<type>string</type>)</term>
<indexterm>