From 11b63452814ca011c271d484ee2be56b72f34d1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:42:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve wording about WAL files in tar mode of pg_basebackup Author: Alex Kliukin Reviewed-By: Michael Paquier, Magnus Hagander --- doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml index 2454d35af39..e29476b14fd 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml @@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation backup will fail and be unusable. </para> <para> - The write-ahead log files will be written to - the <filename>base.tar</filename> file. + When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be + written to the <filename>base.tar</filename> file. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -367,9 +367,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation requires no extra write-ahead logs to be saved on the master. </para> <para> - The write-ahead log files are written to a separate file - named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename> (if the server is a version - earlier than 10, the file will be named <filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>). + When tar format mode is used, the write-ahead log files will be + written to a separate file named <filename>pg_wal.tar</filename> + (if the server is a version earlier than 10, the file will be named + <filename>pg_xlog.tar</filename>). </para> <para> This value is the default. -- GitLab