Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca> writes:
> On April 10, 2006 09:28 am, "Just Someone" <just(dot)some(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> So my question is: Is what I'm seeing meaning the WAL archiving is
>> working? Or should I expect the file to be deleted?
> If the file is showing up in your archive target location, it's working.
> The file will remain in the pg_xlog directory for some time, and then
> eventually be recycled.
I'd expect the file to be renamed or deleted at the next checkpoint, so
"eventually" is not very long, unless you've increased the checkpoint
spacing parameters quite a lot ...
regards, tom lane