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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml index e14627c201e..baae59de6e9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml @@ -1418,8 +1418,10 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are: <para> After streaming all the WAL on a timeline that is not the latest one, the server will end streaming by exiting the COPY mode. When the client - acknowledges this by also exiting COPY mode, the server responds with a - CommandComplete message, and is ready to accept a new command. + acknowledges this by also exiting COPY mode, the server sends a + single-row, single-column result set indicating the next timeline in + this server's history. That is followed by a CommandComplete message, + and the server is ready to accept a new command. </para> <para> @@ -1784,7 +1786,9 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are: </para> <para> The first ordinary result set contains the starting position of the - backup, given in XLogRecPtr format as a single column in a single row. + backup, in a single row with two columns. The first column contains + the start position given in XLogRecPtr format, and the second column + contains the corresponding timeline ID. </para> <para> The second ordinary result set has one row for each tablespace. @@ -1827,7 +1831,9 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are: <quote>ustar interchange format</> specified in the POSIX 1003.1-2008 standard) dump of the tablespace contents, except that the two trailing blocks of zeroes specified in the standard are omitted. - After the tar data is complete, a final ordinary result set will be sent. + After the tar data is complete, a final ordinary result set will be sent, + containing the WAL end position of the backup, in the same format as + the start position. </para> <para> |