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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
index 87ba1fcad2e..ce81de3a189 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml,v 2.9 2009/05/14 21:59:22 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml,v 2.10 2009/06/25 12:03:11 heikki Exp $ -->
<sect1 id="pgstandby">
<title>pg_standby</title>
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Supports copy or link for restoring WAL files
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
Written in C, so very portable and easy to install
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -172,22 +167,10 @@ pg_standby <optional> <replaceable>option</> ... </optional> <replaceable>archiv
</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><literal>-l</></entry>
- <entry>no</entry>
- <entry>
- Use <literal>ln</> command to restore WAL files from archive.
- Link is more efficient than copy, but the default is copy since link
- will not work in all scenarios.
- On Windows, this option uses the <literal>mklink</> command
- to provide a file-to-file symbolic link. <literal>-l</> will
- not work on versions of Windows prior to Vista.
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry><literal>-r</> <replaceable>maxretries</></entry>
<entry>3</entry>
<entry>
- Set the maximum number of times to retry the copy or link command if it
+ Set the maximum number of times to retry the copy command if it
fails. After each failure, we wait for <replaceable>sleeptime</> *
<replaceable>num_retries</>
so that the wait time increases progressively. So by default,
@@ -242,7 +225,7 @@ pg_standby <optional> <replaceable>option</> ... </optional> <replaceable>archiv
<programlisting>
archive_command = 'cp %p .../archive/%f'
-restore_command = 'pg_standby -l -d -s 2 -t /tmp/pgsql.trigger.5442 .../archive %f %p %r 2>>standby.log'
+restore_command = 'pg_standby -d -s 2 -t /tmp/pgsql.trigger.5442 .../archive %f %p %r 2>>standby.log'
recovery_end_command = 'rm -f /tmp/pgsql.trigger.5442'
</programlisting>
@@ -255,11 +238,6 @@ recovery_end_command = 'rm -f /tmp/pgsql.trigger.5442'
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- use the <literal>ln</> command to restore WAL files from archive
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
produce debugging output in <filename>standby.log</>
</para>
</listitem>