Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de> writes:
>
>>I propose to introduce a GUC "permanent_archiving" or so, to select
>>whether wal archiving happens permanently or only when a backup is in
>>progress (i.e. between pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup).
>
>
> This is silly. Why not just turn archiving on and off?
Not quite. I want online backup, but no archiving. Currently, I have to
edit postgresql.conf and SIGHUP to "turn on archiving" configuring a
(hopefully) writable directory, do the backup, edit postgresql.conf and
SIGHUP again. Not too convenient...
Regards,
Andreas