Update description of walrcv_receive() function to match reality.

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Heikki Linnakangas 2010-03-24 06:25:39 +00:00
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/replication/README,v 1.2 2010/01/20 09:16:24 heikki Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/replication/README,v 1.3 2010/03/24 06:25:39 heikki Exp $
Walreceiver - libpqwalreceiver API
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@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ Establish connection to the primary, and starts streaming from 'startpoint'.
Returns true on success.
bool walrcv_receive(int timeout, XLogRecPtr *recptr, char **buffer, int *len)
Retrieve any WAL record available through the connection, blocking for
maximum of 'timeout' ms.
bool walrcv_receive(int timeout, unsigned char *type, char **buffer, int *len)
Retrieve any message available through the connection, blocking for
maximum of 'timeout' ms. If a message was successfully read, returns true,
otherwise false. On success, a pointer to the message payload is stored in
*buffer, length in *len, and the type of message received in *type. The
returned buffer is valid until the next call to walrcv_* functions, the
caller should not attempt freeing it.
void walrcv_disconnect(void);