Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> writes:
> pg_standby can use ln command to restore an archived file,
> which might destroy the archived file as follows.

Does it matter?  pg_standby's source area wouldn't normally be an
"archive" in the real sense of the word, it's just a temporary staging
area between master and slave.  (If it were being used as a real
archive, keeping it on the same disk as the live slave seems pretty
foolish anyway, so the case wouldn't arise.)
        regards, tom lane