Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To:
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc:
Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>Hang on, are you supposed to MOVE or COPY away WAL segments? > > COPY. The checkpoint code will then delete or recycle the segment file, > as appropriate.
So what happens if you just move it? Postgres breaks?