Hi Tom,
> >> I believe the intended way to do this is to look at pg_stop_backup's
> >> return value to determine the last segment you need to archive.
> > Thank you - I saw that, but I didn't have a clue about how to determine
> > the WAL filename in which this segment is to be found ...
> Well, the transformation is pretty trivial, but you can use
> pg_xlogfile_name() to avoid getting your hands dirty.
That's what I was looking for! Thank you!
Best regards from Germany,
Thomas