Commit 5fb01d82 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Update docs that GNU tar versions >=1.16 exit with 1 on files changed, 2

on other errors.
parent 2a275e6d
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<chapter id="backup">
<title>Backup and Restore</title>
......@@ -734,13 +734,11 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup();
complaints of this sort from real errors. For example, some versions
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
is changed while <application>tar</> is copying it. There does not seem
to be any very convenient way to distinguish this error from other types
of errors, other than manual inspection of <application>tar</>'s messages.
GNU <application>tar</> is therefore not the best tool for making base
backups.
code as a non-error case. Also, some versions of GNU
<application>tar</> consider it an error if a file is changed while
<application>tar</> is copying it. Fortunately, GNU
<application>tar</> versions 1.16 and later exit with <literal>1</>
if files changed during the backup, and <literal>2</> for other errors.
</para>
<para>
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