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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index e945ab14643..b8b3bb01d91 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.99 2007/07/16 22:20:51 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.100 2007/09/14 04:15:50 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="backup"> <title>Backup and Restore</title> @@ -729,16 +729,17 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); <para> Some backup tools that you might wish to use emit warnings or errors if the files they are trying to copy change while the copy proceeds. - This situation is normal, and not an error, when taking a base backup of - an active database; so you need to ensure that you can distinguish + This situation is normal, and not an error, when taking a base backup + of an active database; so you need to ensure that you can distinguish complaints of this sort from real errors. For example, some versions - of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for <quote>vanished - source files</>, and you can write a driver script to accept this exit - code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of GNU - <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file is changed while - <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU - <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exit with <literal>1</> - if files changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other errors. + of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for + <quote>vanished source files</>, and you can write a driver script to + accept this exit code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of + GNU <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file was truncated + while <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU + <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exits with <literal>1</> + if a file was changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other + errors. </para> <para> |