Re: detecting binary backup in progress

## Joe Conway (mail@joeconway.com):

> However there is a period of time after pg_start_backup() is first
> executed to when it completes, during which backup_label file does not
> exist yet, but the backup has essentially been started. Is there any
> way to detect this state?

When I did some research on the very same question just a few weeks
ago, I settled for external locks (lockfile, pg_advisory_lock(), ...,
depending on your exact situation) around the backup-taking code.

Regards,
Christoph

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