On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 14:42 +0200, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> if zero-ing the files was safe, i could compress them more effectively.
Simple rule: Never, ever, ever remove or edit any file in pg_xlog.
There is a command called pg_resetxlog, though that is not designed to
reduce the amount of space in pg_xlog and using it can cause data loss
if used inappropriately.
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