doc: document how the backup manifest is transferred

Reported-by: Bernd Helmle

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/31acf8b0f1f701d53245e0cae38abdf5c3a0d559.camel@oopsware.de

Backpatch-through: 13
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Bruce Momjian 2020-08-31 18:48:38 -04:00
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@ -2666,8 +2666,10 @@ The commands accepted in replication mode are:
<quote>ustar interchange format</quote> specified in the POSIX 1003.1-2008 <quote>ustar interchange format</quote> specified in the POSIX 1003.1-2008
standard) dump of the tablespace contents, except that the two trailing standard) dump of the tablespace contents, except that the two trailing
blocks of zeroes specified in the standard are omitted. blocks of zeroes specified in the standard are omitted.
After the tar data is complete, a final ordinary result set will be sent, After the tar data is complete, and if a backup manifest was requested,
containing the WAL end position of the backup, in the same format as another CopyResponse result is sent, containing the manifest data for the
current base backup. In any case, a final ordinary result set will be
sent, containing the WAL end position of the backup, in the same format as
the start position. the start position.
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