Re: Problem with PITR recovery

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Ragnar Hafsta� wrote:
>> On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 23:06 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I am not clear on what the "backup dump file" is?  I assume it means
>>> 0000000100001234000055CD.  It is called "WAL segment file" above.  I
>>> will rename that phrase to match the above terminology.  Patch attached
>>> and applied.
>> 
>> Doesn't it refer to the backup file itself (the tar file of the data
>> directory) ?

> No.  That is what I thought it meant on first reading, but looking
> closer it is referring to the numbered file, and the tar file has no
> specific number.

Yes, that is exactly what it meant, and your patch has destroyed the
meaning.
        regards, tom lane