*** a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
***************
*** 1458,1463 **** The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
--- 1458,1555 ----
       </para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
+ 
+   <varlistentry>
+     <term>BASE_BACKUP <replaceable>options</><literal>;</><replaceable>label</></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Instructs the server to start streaming a base backup.
+       The system will automatically be put in backup mode with the label
+       specified in <replaceable>label</> before the backup is started, and
+       taken out of it when the backup is complete. The following options
+       are accepted:
+       <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+         <term><literal>PROGRESS</></term>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>
+           Request information required to generate a progress report. This will
+           send back an approximate size in the header of each tablespace, which
+           can be used to calculate how far along the stream is done. This is
+           calculated by enumerating all the file sizes once before the transfer
+           is even started, and may as such have a negative impact on the
+           performance - in particular it may take longer before the first data
+           is streamed. Since the database files can change during the backup,
+           the size is only approximate and may both grow and shrink between
+           the time of approximation and the sending of the actual files.
+          </para>
+         </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+       </variablelist>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       When the backup is started, the server will first send a header in
+       ordinary result set format, followed by one or more CopyResponse
+       results, one for PGDATA and one for each additional tablespace other
+       than <literal>pg_default</> and <literal>pg_global</>. The data in
+       the CopyResponse results will be a tar format (using ustar00
+       extensions) dump of the tablespace contents.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The header is an ordinary resultset with one row for each tablespace.
+       The fields in this row are:
+       <variablelist>
+        <varlistentry>
+         <term>spcoid</term>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>
+           The oid of the tablespace, or <literal>NULL</> if it's the base
+           directory.
+          </para>
+         </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+         <term>spclocation</term>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>
+           The full path of the tablespace directory, or <literal>NULL</>
+           if it's the base directory.
+          </para>
+         </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+        <varlistentry>
+         <term>size</term>
+         <listitem>
+          <para>
+           The approximate size of the datablock, if progress report has
+           been requested; otherwise it's <literal>NULL</>.
+          </para>
+         </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+       </variablelist>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       The tar archive for the data directory and each tablespace will contain
+       all files in the directories, regardless of whether they are
+       <productname>PostgreSQL</> files or other files added to the same
+       directory. The only excluded files are:
+       <itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          <filename>postmaster.pid</>
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+         <para>
+          <filename>pg_xlog</> (including subdirectories)
+         </para>
+        </listitem>
+       </itemizedlist>
+       Owner, group and file mode are set if the underlying filesystem on
+       the server supports it.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
  
  </para>
*** a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
--- b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
***************
*** 8308,8313 **** pg_start_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
--- 8308,8328 ----
  	text	   *backupid = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(0);
  	bool		fast = PG_GETARG_BOOL(1);
  	char	   *backupidstr;
+ 	XLogRecPtr  startpoint;
+ 	char		startxlogstr[MAXFNAMELEN];
+ 
+ 	backupidstr = text_to_cstring(backupid);
+ 
+ 	startpoint = do_pg_start_backup(backupidstr, fast);
+ 
+ 	snprintf(startxlogstr, sizeof(startxlogstr), "%X/%X",
+ 			 startpoint.xlogid, startpoint.xrecoff);
+ 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(startxlogstr));
+ }
+ 
+ XLogRecPtr
+ do_pg_start_backup(const char *backupidstr, bool fast)
+ {
  	XLogRecPtr	checkpointloc;
  	XLogRecPtr	startpoint;
  	pg_time_t	stamp_time;
***************
*** 8335,8342 **** pg_start_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  			  errmsg("WAL level not sufficient for making an online backup"),
  				 errhint("wal_level must be set to \"archive\" or \"hot_standby\" at server start.")));
  
- 	backupidstr = text_to_cstring(backupid);
- 
  	/*
  	 * Mark backup active in shared memory.  We must do full-page WAL writes
  	 * during an on-line backup even if not doing so at other times, because
--- 8350,8355 ----
***************
*** 8459,8467 **** pg_start_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  	/*
  	 * We're done.  As a convenience, return the starting WAL location.
  	 */
! 	snprintf(xlogfilename, sizeof(xlogfilename), "%X/%X",
! 			 startpoint.xlogid, startpoint.xrecoff);
! 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(xlogfilename));
  }
  
  /* Error cleanup callback for pg_start_backup */
--- 8472,8478 ----
  	/*
  	 * We're done.  As a convenience, return the starting WAL location.
  	 */
! 	return startpoint;
  }
  
  /* Error cleanup callback for pg_start_backup */
***************
*** 8490,8495 **** pg_start_backup_callback(int code, Datum arg)
--- 8501,8519 ----
  Datum
  pg_stop_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  {
+ 	XLogRecPtr	stoppoint;
+ 	char		stopxlogstr[MAXFNAMELEN];
+ 
+ 	stoppoint = do_pg_stop_backup();
+ 
+ 	snprintf(stopxlogstr, sizeof(stopxlogstr), "%X/%X",
+ 			 stoppoint.xlogid, stoppoint.xrecoff);
+ 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(stopxlogstr));
+ }
+ 
+ XLogRecPtr
+ do_pg_stop_backup(void)
+ {
  	XLogRecPtr	startpoint;
  	XLogRecPtr	stoppoint;
  	XLogRecData rdata;
***************
*** 8699,8707 **** pg_stop_backup(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
  	/*
  	 * We're done.  As a convenience, return the ending WAL location.
  	 */
! 	snprintf(stopxlogfilename, sizeof(stopxlogfilename), "%X/%X",
! 			 stoppoint.xlogid, stoppoint.xrecoff);
! 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(stopxlogfilename));
  }
  
  /*
--- 8723,8757 ----
  	/*
  	 * We're done.  As a convenience, return the ending WAL location.
  	 */
! 	return stoppoint;
! }
! 
! 
! /*
!  * do_pg_abort_backup: abort a running backup
!  *
!  * This does just the most basic steps of pg_stop_backup(), by taking the
!  * system out of backup mode, thus making it a lot more safe to call from
!  * an error handler.
!  */
! void
! do_pg_abort_backup(void)
! {
! 	/*
! 	 * OK to clear forcePageWrites
! 	 */
! 	LWLockAcquire(WALInsertLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
! 	XLogCtl->Insert.forcePageWrites = false;
! 	LWLockRelease(WALInsertLock);
! 
! 	/*
! 	 * Remove backup label file
! 	 */
! 	if (unlink(BACKUP_LABEL_FILE) != 0)
! 		ereport(ERROR,
! 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
! 				 errmsg("could not remove file \"%s\": %m",
! 						BACKUP_LABEL_FILE)));
  }
  
  /*
*** a/src/backend/replication/Makefile
--- b/src/backend/replication/Makefile
***************
*** 12,17 **** subdir = src/backend/replication
  top_builddir = ../../..
  include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
  
! OBJS = walsender.o walreceiverfuncs.o walreceiver.o
  
  include $(top_srcdir)/src/backend/common.mk
--- 12,17 ----
  top_builddir = ../../..
  include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
  
! OBJS = walsender.o walreceiverfuncs.o walreceiver.o basebackup.o
  
  include $(top_srcdir)/src/backend/common.mk
*** /dev/null
--- b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
***************
*** 0 ****
--- 1,534 ----
+ /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  *
+  * basebackup.c
+  *	  code for taking a base backup and streaming it to a standby
+  *
+  * Portions Copyright (c) 2010-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+  *
+  * IDENTIFICATION
+  *	  $PostgreSQL$
+  *
+  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ #include "postgres.h"
+ 
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ 
+ #include "access/xlog_internal.h" /* for pg_start/stop_backup */
+ #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
+ #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
+ #include "libpq/libpq.h"
+ #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
+ #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
+ #include "replication/basebackup.h"
+ #include "storage/fd.h"
+ #include "storage/ipc.h"
+ #include "utils/builtins.h"
+ #include "utils/elog.h"
+ 
+ static int64 sendDir(char *path, char *basepath, bool sizeonly);
+ static void sendFile(char *path, char *basepath, struct stat *statbuf);
+ static void _tarWriteHeader(char *filename, char *linktarget,
+ 							struct stat *statbuf);
+ static void SendBackupHeader(List *tablespaces);
+ static void SendBackupDirectory(char *location, char *spcoid);
+ static void base_backup_cleanup(int code, Datum arg);
+ 
+ /*
+  * Called when ERROR or FATAL happens in SendBaseBackup() after
+  * we have started the backup - make sure we end it!
+  */
+ static void
+ base_backup_cleanup(int code, Datum arg)
+ {
+ 	do_pg_abort_backup();
+ }
+ 
+ 
+ typedef struct
+ {
+ 	char	   *oid;
+ 	char	   *path;
+ 	int64		size;
+ } tablespaceinfo;
+ 
+ /*
+  * SendBaseBackup() - send a complete base backup.
+  *
+  * The function will take care of running pg_start_backup() and
+  * pg_stop_backup() for the user.
+  *
+  * It will contain one or more batches. Each batch has a header,
+  * in normal result format, followed by a tar format dump in
+  * CopyOut format.
+  */
+ void
+ SendBaseBackup(const char *options)
+ {
+ 	DIR 		   *dir;
+ 	struct dirent  *de;
+ 	char   		   *backup_label = strchr(options, ';');
+ 	bool			progress = false;
+ 	List		   *tablespaces = NIL;
+ 	tablespaceinfo *ti;
+ 
+ 	if (backup_label == NULL)
+ 		ereport(FATAL,
+ 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION),
+ 				 errmsg("invalid base backup options: %s", options)));
+ 	backup_label++; /* Walk past the semicolon */
+ 
+ 	/* Currently the only option string supported is PROGRESS */
+ 	if (strncmp(options, "PROGRESS", 8) == 0)
+ 		progress = true;
+ 	else if (options[0] != ';')
+ 		ereport(FATAL,
+ 				(errcode(ERRCODE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION),
+ 				 errmsg("invalid base backup options: %s", options)));
+ 
+ 	/* Make sure we can open the directory with tablespaces in it */
+ 	dir = AllocateDir("pg_tblspc");
+ 	if (!dir)
+ 		ereport(ERROR,
+ 				(errmsg("unable to open directory pg_tblspc: %m")));
+ 
+ 	/* Add a node for the base directory */
+ 	ti = palloc0(sizeof(tablespaceinfo));
+ 	ti->size = progress ? sendDir(".", ".", true) : -1;
+ 	tablespaces = lappend(tablespaces, ti);
+ 
+ 	/* Collect information about all tablespaces */
+ 	while ((de = ReadDir(dir, "pg_tblspc")) != NULL)
+ 	{
+ 		char fullpath[MAXPGPATH];
+ 		char linkpath[MAXPGPATH];
+ 
+ 		if (de->d_name[0] == '.')
+ 			continue;
+ 
+ 		snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), "pg_tblspc/%s", de->d_name);
+ 
+ 		MemSet(linkpath, 0, sizeof(linkpath));
+ 		if (readlink(fullpath, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath) - 1) == -1)
+ 		{
+ 			ereport(WARNING,
+ 					(errmsg("unable to read symbolic link %s", fullpath)));
+ 			continue;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		ti = palloc(sizeof(tablespaceinfo));
+ 		ti->oid = pstrdup(de->d_name);
+ 		ti->path = pstrdup(linkpath);
+ 		ti->size = progress ? sendDir(linkpath, linkpath, true) : -1;
+ 		tablespaces = lappend(tablespaces, ti);
+ 	}
+ 	FreeDir(dir);
+ 
+ 	do_pg_start_backup(backup_label, true);
+ 
+ 	PG_ENSURE_ERROR_CLEANUP(base_backup_cleanup, (Datum) 0);
+ 	{
+ 		ListCell   *lc;
+ 
+ 		/* Send tablespace header */
+ 		SendBackupHeader(tablespaces);
+ 
+ 		/* Send off our tablespaces one by one */
+ 		foreach(lc, tablespaces)
+ 		{
+ 			ti = (tablespaceinfo *) lfirst(lc);
+ 
+ 			SendBackupDirectory(ti->path, ti->oid);
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 	PG_END_ENSURE_ERROR_CLEANUP(base_backup_cleanup, (Datum) 0);
+ 
+ 	do_pg_stop_backup();
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+ send_int8_string(StringInfoData *buf, uint64 intval)
+ {
+ 	char is[32];
+ 	sprintf(is, INT64_FORMAT, intval);
+ 	pq_sendint(buf, strlen(is), 4);
+ 	pq_sendbytes(buf, is, strlen(is));
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+ SendBackupHeader(List *tablespaces)
+ {
+ 	StringInfoData buf;
+ 	ListCell *lc;
+ 
+ 	/* Construct and send the directory information */
+ 	pq_beginmessage(&buf, 'T'); /* RowDescription */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 3, 2); /* 3 fields */
+ 
+ 	/* First field - spcoid */
+ 	pq_sendstring(&buf, "spcoid");
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4); /* table oid */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2); /* attnum */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, OIDOID, 4); /* type oid */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 4, 2); /* typlen */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4); /* typmod */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2); /* format code */
+ 
+ 	/* Second field - spcpath */
+ 	pq_sendstring(&buf, "spclocation");
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, TEXTOID, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, -1, 2);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2);
+ 
+ 	/* Third field - size */
+ 	pq_sendstring(&buf, "size");
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, INT8OID, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 8, 2);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 4);
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2);
+ 	pq_endmessage(&buf);
+ 
+ 	foreach(lc, tablespaces)
+ 	{
+ 		tablespaceinfo *ti = lfirst(lc);
+ 
+ 		/* Send one datarow message */
+ 		pq_beginmessage(&buf, 'D');
+ 		pq_sendint(&buf, 3, 2); /* number of columns */
+ 		if (ti->path == NULL)
+ 		{
+ 			pq_sendint(&buf, -1, 4); /* Length = -1 ==> NULL */
+ 			pq_sendint(&buf, -1, 4);
+ 		}
+ 		else
+ 		{
+ 			pq_sendint(&buf, strlen(ti->oid), 4);  /* length */
+ 			pq_sendbytes(&buf, ti->oid, strlen(ti->oid));
+ 			pq_sendint(&buf, strlen(ti->path), 4); /* length */
+ 			pq_sendbytes(&buf, ti->path, strlen(ti->path));
+ 		}
+ 		if (ti->size >= 0)
+ 			send_int8_string(&buf, ti->size/1024);
+ 		else
+ 			pq_sendint(&buf, -1, 4); /* NULL */
+ 
+ 		pq_endmessage(&buf);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/* Send a CommandComplete message */
+ 	pq_puttextmessage('C', "SELECT");
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+ SendBackupDirectory(char *location, char *spcoid)
+ {
+ 	StringInfoData buf;
+ 
+ 	/* Send CopyOutResponse message */
+ 	pq_beginmessage(&buf, 'H');
+ 	pq_sendbyte(&buf, 0);			/* overall format */
+ 	pq_sendint(&buf, 0, 2);			/* natts */
+ 	pq_endmessage(&buf);
+ 
+ 	/* tar up the data directory if NULL, otherwise the tablespace */
+ 	sendDir(location == NULL ? "." : location,
+ 			location == NULL ? "." : location,
+ 			false);
+ 
+ 	/* Send CopyDone message */
+ 	pq_putemptymessage('c');
+ }
+ 
+ 
+ static int64
+ sendDir(char *path, char *basepath, bool sizeonly)
+ {
+ 	DIR		   *dir;
+ 	struct dirent *de;
+ 	char		pathbuf[MAXPGPATH];
+ 	struct stat statbuf;
+ 	int64		size = 0;
+ 
+ 	dir = AllocateDir(path);
+ 	while ((de = ReadDir(dir, path)) != NULL)
+ 	{
+ 		/* Skip special stuff */
+ 		if (strcmp(de->d_name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(de->d_name, "..") == 0)
+ 			continue;
+ 
+ 		snprintf(pathbuf, MAXPGPATH, "%s/%s", path, de->d_name);
+ 
+ 		/* Skip pg_xlog and postmaster.pid in PGDATA */
+ 		if (strcmp(pathbuf, "./postmaster.pid") == 0)
+ 			continue;
+ 		if (strcmp(pathbuf, "./pg_xlog") == 0)
+ 		{
+ 			/*
+ 			 * Write an empty directory for pg_xlog in the tar though,
+ 			 * so we get permissions right. But don't recurse to get the
+ 			 * contents.
+ 			 */
+ 			if (!sizeonly)
+ 				_tarWriteHeader(pathbuf + strlen(basepath) + 1, NULL, &statbuf);
+ 			size += 512; /* Size of the header just added */
+ 			continue;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		if (lstat(pathbuf, &statbuf) != 0)
+ 		{
+ 			if (errno != ENOENT)
+ 				elog(WARNING, "could not stat file or directory \"%s\": %m",
+ 					 pathbuf);
+ 
+ 			/* If the file went away while scanning, it's no error. */
+ 			continue;
+ 		}
+ 
+ #ifndef WIN32
+ 		if (S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode) && strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0)
+ #else
+ 		if (pgwin32_is_junction(pathbuf) && strcmp(path, "./pg_tblspc") == 0)
+ #endif
+ 		{
+ 			/* Allow symbolic links in pg_tblspc */
+ 			char	linkpath[MAXPGPATH];
+ 
+ 			MemSet(linkpath, 0, sizeof(linkpath));
+ 			if (readlink(pathbuf, linkpath, sizeof(linkpath)-1) == -1)
+ 			{
+ 				elog(WARNING, "unable to read symbolic link \"%s\": %m",
+ 					 pathbuf);
+ 			}
+ 			if (!sizeonly)
+ 				_tarWriteHeader(pathbuf + strlen(basepath) + 1, linkpath, &statbuf);
+ 			size += 512; /* Size of the header just added */
+ 		}
+ 		else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf.st_mode))
+ 		{
+ 			/*
+ 			 * Store a directory entry in the tar file so we can get
+ 			 * the permissions right.
+ 			 */
+ 			if (!sizeonly)
+ 				_tarWriteHeader(pathbuf + strlen(basepath) + 1, NULL, &statbuf);
+ 			size += 512; /* Size of the header just added */
+ 
+ 			/* call ourselves recursively for a directory */
+ 			size += sendDir(pathbuf, basepath, sizeonly);
+ 		}
+ 		else if (S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode))
+ 		{
+ 			size += statbuf.st_size;
+ 			if (!sizeonly)
+ 				sendFile(pathbuf, basepath, &statbuf);
+ 			size += 512; /* Size of the header of the file */
+ 		}
+ 		else
+ 			elog(WARNING, "skipping special file \"%s\"", pathbuf);
+ 	}
+ 	FreeDir(dir);
+ 	return size;
+ }
+ 
+ /*****
+  * Functions for handling tar file format
+  *
+  * Copied from pg_dump, but modified to work with libpq for sending
+  */
+ 
+ 
+ /*
+  * Utility routine to print possibly larger than 32 bit integers in a
+  * portable fashion.  Filled with zeros.
+  */
+ static void
+ print_val(char *s, uint64 val, unsigned int base, size_t len)
+ {
+ 	int			i;
+ 
+ 	for (i = len; i > 0; i--)
+ 	{
+ 		int			digit = val % base;
+ 
+ 		s[i - 1] = '0' + digit;
+ 		val = val / base;
+ 	}
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+  * Maximum file size for a tar member: The limit inherent in the
+  * format is 2^33-1 bytes (nearly 8 GB).  But we don't want to exceed
+  * what we can represent in pgoff_t.
+  */
+ #define MAX_TAR_MEMBER_FILELEN (((int64) 1 << Min(33, sizeof(pgoff_t)*8 - 1)) - 1)
+ 
+ static int
+ _tarChecksum(char *header)
+ {
+ 	int			i,
+ 				sum;
+ 
+ 	sum = 0;
+ 	for (i = 0; i < 512; i++)
+ 		if (i < 148 || i >= 156)
+ 			sum += 0xFF & header[i];
+ 	return sum + 256;			/* Assume 8 blanks in checksum field */
+ }
+ 
+ /* Given the member, write the TAR header & send the file */
+ static void
+ sendFile(char *filename, char *basepath, struct stat *statbuf)
+ {
+ 	FILE	   *fp;
+ 	char		buf[32768];
+ 	size_t		cnt;
+ 	pgoff_t		len = 0;
+ 	size_t		pad;
+ 
+ 	fp = AllocateFile(filename, "rb");
+ 	if (fp == NULL)
+ 		elog(ERROR, "could not open file \"%s\": %m", filename);
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Some compilers will throw a warning knowing this test can never be true
+ 	 * because pgoff_t can't exceed the compared maximum on their platform.
+ 	 */
+ 	if (statbuf->st_size > MAX_TAR_MEMBER_FILELEN)
+ 		elog(ERROR, "archive member too large for tar format");
+ 
+ 	_tarWriteHeader(filename + strlen(basepath) + 1, NULL, statbuf);
+ 
+ 	while ((cnt = fread(buf, 1, Min(sizeof(buf), statbuf->st_size - len), fp)) > 0)
+ 	{
+ 		/* Send the chunk as a CopyData message */
+ 		pq_putmessage('d', buf, cnt);
+ 		len += cnt;
+ 
+ 		if (len >= statbuf->st_size)
+ 		{
+ 			/*
+ 			 * Reached end of file. The file could be longer, if it was
+ 			 * extended while we were sending it, but for a base backup we
+ 			 * can ignore such extended data. It will be restored from WAL.
+ 			 */
+ 			break;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/* If the file was truncated while we were sending it, pad it with zeros */
+ 	if (len < statbuf->st_size)
+ 	{
+ 		MemSet(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+ 		while(len < statbuf->st_size)
+ 		{
+ 			cnt = Min(sizeof(buf), statbuf->st_size - len);
+ 			pq_putmessage('d', buf, cnt);
+ 			len += cnt;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/* Pad to 512 byte boundary, per tar format requirements */
+ 	pad = ((len + 511) & ~511) - len;
+ 	if (pad > 0)
+ 	{
+ 		MemSet(buf, 0, pad);
+ 		pq_putmessage('d', buf, pad);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	FreeFile(fp);
+ }
+ 
+ 
+ static void
+ _tarWriteHeader(char *filename, char *linktarget, struct stat *statbuf)
+ {
+ 	char		h[512];
+ 	int			lastSum = 0;
+ 	int			sum;
+ 
+ 	memset(h, 0, sizeof(h));
+ 
+ 	/* Name 100 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[0], "%.99s", filename);
+ 	if (linktarget != NULL || S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode))
+ 	{
+ 		/*
+ 		 * We only support symbolic links to directories, and this is indicated
+ 		 * in the tar format by adding a slash at the end of the name, the same
+ 		 * as for regular directories.
+ 		 */
+ 		h[strlen(filename)] = '/';
+ 		h[strlen(filename)+1] = '\0';
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	/* Mode 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[100], "%07o ", statbuf->st_mode);
+ 
+ 	/* User ID 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[108], "%07o ", statbuf->st_uid);
+ 
+ 	/* Group 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[117], "%07o ", statbuf->st_gid);
+ 
+ 	/* File size 12 - 11 digits, 1 space, no NUL */
+ 	if (linktarget != NULL || S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode))
+ 		/* Symbolic link or directory has size zero */
+ 		print_val(&h[124], 0, 8, 11);
+ 	else
+ 		print_val(&h[124], statbuf->st_size, 8, 11);
+ 	sprintf(&h[135], " ");
+ 
+ 	/* Mod Time 12 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[136], "%011o ", (int) statbuf->st_mtime);
+ 
+ 	/* Checksum 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[148], "%06o ", lastSum);
+ 
+ 	if (linktarget != NULL)
+ 	{
+ 		/* Type - Symbolic link */
+ 		sprintf(&h[156], "2");
+ 		strcpy(&h[157], linktarget);
+ 	}
+ 	else if (S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode))
+ 		/* Type - directory */
+ 		sprintf(&h[156], "5");
+ 	else
+ 		/* Type - regular file */
+ 		sprintf(&h[156], "0");
+ 
+ 	/* Link tag 100 (NULL) */
+ 
+ 	/* Magic 6 + Version 2 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[257], "ustar00");
+ 
+ 	/* User 32 */
+ 	/* XXX: Do we need to care about setting correct username? */
+ 	sprintf(&h[265], "%.31s", "postgres");
+ 
+ 	/* Group 32 */
+ 	/* XXX: Do we need to care about setting correct group name? */
+ 	sprintf(&h[297], "%.31s", "postgres");
+ 
+ 	/* Maj Dev 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[329], "%6o ", 0);
+ 
+ 	/* Min Dev 8 */
+ 	sprintf(&h[337], "%6o ", 0);
+ 
+ 	while ((sum = _tarChecksum(h)) != lastSum)
+ 	{
+ 		sprintf(&h[148], "%06o ", sum);
+ 		lastSum = sum;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	pq_putmessage('d', h, 512);
+ }
*** a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
--- b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
***************
*** 44,49 ****
--- 44,50 ----
  #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
  #include "libpq/pqsignal.h"
  #include "miscadmin.h"
+ #include "replication/basebackup.h"
  #include "replication/walprotocol.h"
  #include "replication/walsender.h"
  #include "storage/fd.h"
***************
*** 54,59 ****
--- 55,61 ----
  #include "utils/guc.h"
  #include "utils/memutils.h"
  #include "utils/ps_status.h"
+ #include "utils/resowner.h"
  
  
  /* Array of WalSnds in shared memory */
***************
*** 136,141 **** WalSenderMain(void)
--- 138,146 ----
  										   ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE);
  	MemoryContextSwitchTo(walsnd_context);
  
+ 	/* Set up resource owner */
+ 	CurrentResourceOwner = ResourceOwnerCreate(NULL, "walsender top-level resource owner");
+ 
  	/* Unblock signals (they were blocked when the postmaster forked us) */
  	PG_SETMASK(&UnBlockSig);
  
***************
*** 305,310 **** WalSndHandshake(void)
--- 310,324 ----
  						/* break out of the loop */
  						replication_started = true;
  					}
+ 					else if (strncmp(query_string, "BASE_BACKUP ", 12) == 0)
+ 					{
+ 						/* Command is BASE_BACKUP <options>;<label> */
+ 						SendBaseBackup(query_string + strlen("BASE_BACKUP "));
+ 						/* Send CommandComplete and ReadyForQuery messages */
+ 						EndCommand("SELECT", DestRemote);
+ 						ReadyForQuery(DestRemote);
+ 						/* ReadyForQuery did pq_flush for us */
+ 					}
  					else
  					{
  						ereport(FATAL,
*** a/src/include/access/xlog.h
--- b/src/include/access/xlog.h
***************
*** 312,315 **** extern void HandleStartupProcInterrupts(void);
--- 312,319 ----
  extern void StartupProcessMain(void);
  extern void WakeupRecovery(void);
  
+ extern XLogRecPtr do_pg_start_backup(const char *backupidstr, bool fast);
+ extern XLogRecPtr do_pg_stop_backup(void);
+ extern void do_pg_abort_backup(void);
+ 
  #endif   /* XLOG_H */
*** /dev/null
--- b/src/include/replication/basebackup.h
***************
*** 0 ****
--- 1,17 ----
+ /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  *
+  * basebackup.h
+  *	  Exports from replication/basebackup.c.
+  *
+  * Portions Copyright (c) 2010-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+  *
+  * $PostgreSQL$
+  *
+  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  */
+ #ifndef _BASEBACKUP_H
+ #define _BASEBACKUP_H
+ 
+ extern void SendBaseBackup(const char *options);
+ 
+ #endif   /* _BASEBACKUP_H */
