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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-09-14 13:26:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-09-14 13:26:22 +0000 |
| commit | fc79628641eaf93f1c7d270c9f1dbd7160a2f16b (patch) | |
| tree | 4e68c517b3d8bdc4e540d0cd8568d24b24a1d91e | |
| parent | ae36e0d5893cad51891b7778913d0331b42bdb64 (diff) | |
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Clarify tar documentation about return error codes.
Backpatch to 8.2.X.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index b8b3bb01d91..3040f3187dc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.100 2007/09/14 04:15:50 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.101 2007/09/14 13:26:22 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="backup"> <title>Backup and Restore</title> @@ -735,11 +735,11 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); of <application>rsync</> return a separate exit code for <quote>vanished source files</>, and you can write a driver script to accept this exit code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of - GNU <application>tar</> consider it an error if a file was truncated - while <application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU - <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exits with <literal>1</> - if a file was changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other - errors. + GNU <application>tar</> return an error code indistinguishable from + a fatal error if a file was truncated while <application>tar</> was + copying it. Fortunately, GNU <application>tar</> versions 1.16 and + later exits with <literal>1</> if a file was changed during the backup, + and <literal>2</> for other errors. </para> <para> |