Re: small pg_basebackup display bug

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> That would make such a truncation less frequent, and after all a truncated display is not
>> particular useful.

> Agreed - it's useful during testing, but not in a typical production
> use. It might actually be more useful if it's truncated in in the
> other end (keeping the last 30 instead of the first 30 chars)

+1 for truncating from the left.  I think pg_upgrade already does that
in its progress messages.
        regards, tom lane