Commit fc796286 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Clarify tar documentation about return error codes.

Backpatch to 8.2.X.
parent ae36e0d5
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<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>
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