Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 14:34 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hmm, not right there, because we don't know that the file actually
>> exists yet. Applied with modifications ...
> Double hmmm, that means when we are waiting for file X in pg_standby the
> ps display will still show "recovering X-1". I'd prefer to set ps before
> the call to RestoreArchivedFile(), since that is where the wait occurs.
> I got that wrong myself.
Well, if you think that's an important time component --- which it could
be in archive situations, I guess --- there should be a separate PS
display state for it. Perhaps "fetching XXX" vs "restoring XXX"?
regards, tom lane