On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 16:52 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > If the archiver is working, but has fallen behind at the point of
> > shutdown, does the archiver operate for long enough to ensure we are
> > archived up to the point of the log switch prior to checkpoint?
>
> Yes, it archives all pending WAL segments before exiting.
I don't think it does, please look again.
> Ok, we're good then I guess.
No, because as I said, if archive_command has been returning non-zero
then the archive will be incomplete.
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