Re: WAL file naming convention

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Sriram Dandapani <sdandapani(at)counterpane(dot)com>, Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL file naming convention
Date: 2006-04-10 20:43:01
Message-ID: 200604102043.k3AKh1H27557@candle.pha.pa.us
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:28:43AM -0800, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> > I was referring to the logs in the archive folder specified when WAL
> > archiving is turned on...not the pg_xlog folder.
> >
> > I assume postgres will not use the logs in the archive folder
>
> Correct. And I believe if you have PITR enabled PostgreSQL also won't
> re-use WAL names, though I'm not positive on that one.

PostgreSQL never reuses WAL _names_ (since initdb), it only reuses WAL
files by renaming.

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