Antw: Re: Problem with archive_command

i made a pg_dump. Maybe it would help to delete the files in the
pg_xlog/archive_status directory...anyway the server just has a sandbox
status so far.

>>> "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> 14.07.06 17.18 Uhr >>>
On 7/14/06, Christian Rengstl
<Christian(dot)Rengstl(at)klinik(dot)uni-regensburg(dot)de> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> well now i know why it doesn't work. As the copy command did not work
> for a while the wal-files where gathering like mad and, as a beginner,
i
> thought in order to clean up some disk space i should delete them.
Well,
> that was probably the most stupid thing to do, because now pgsql tries
> to copy non-existing wal-files back and forth, which, as you might
> imagine, does not work very well. Is there a way to reset pgsql
> regarding the wal files and to tell it to start all over again to make
> wal files? I tried to restart the server, but without success.
> Please help

you deleted wal files out of pg_xlog from a running server? have a
recent backup?

merlin