Mathew Thomas <mathew(dot)thomas(at)verse(dot)in> writes:
> I am getting the following error in my postgresql log file.
> cp: cannot stat `pg_xlog/000000010000097600000051': No such file or
> directory
If there's a .ready file corresponding to that, remove it.
I'm not entirely sure how you could have ended up with a .ready file
but not the base file, but that seems the only explanation of this
symptom.
regards, tom lane