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authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2015-02-03 10:35:46 +0200
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>2015-02-03 10:37:44 +0200
commit507627f5b5c009aa95c04254614778c6263a3dc2 (patch)
tree75d439f27a855c14c2f8159bfab53916e7fe267a /doc/src
parentefba7a542fd52ed7607f1d8b162d898da0baa22c (diff)
Rephrase the documentation on pg_receivexlog --synchronous option.
The old wording talked about a "sync command", meaining fsync(), but it was not very clear.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
index be321b56ce7..0c99744ece4 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_receivexlog.sgml
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--synchronous</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Issue sync commands as soon as there is WAL data which has not been
- flushed yet. Also status packets are sent back to the server just after
- WAL data is flushed whatever <literal>--status-interval</> is set to.
+ Flush the WAL data to disk immediately after it has been received. Also
+ send a status packet back to the server immediately after flushing,
+ regardless of <literal>--status-interval</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>