From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:50:48 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Re-add documentation recommendation to use gzip/gunzip for archive file
X-Git-Tag: REL9_2_BETA1~157
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=17665f61155babff93ff916f1d080dcc9b5397d3;p=postgresql

Re-add documentation recommendation to use gzip/gunzip for archive file
storage.
---

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index bd7e42d0bb..0180df5ddb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -1246,6 +1246,17 @@ tar -rf /var/lib/pgsql/backup.tar /var/lib/pgsql/archive/
       Please remember to add error handling to your backup scripts.
      </para>
 
+     <para>
+      If archive storage size is a concern, you can use
+      <application>gzip</application> to compress the archive files:
+<programlisting>
+archive_command = 'gzip &lt; %p &gt; /var/lib/pgsql/archive/%f'
+</programlisting>
+      You will then need to use <application>gunzip</> during recovery:
+<programlisting>
+restore_command = 'gunzip &lt; /mnt/server/archivedir/%f &gt; %p'
+</programlisting>
+     </para>
     </sect3>
 
     <sect3 id="backup-scripts">