| From: | Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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| To: | "'Michael Paquier *EXTERN*'" <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Paul Jungwirth <pj(at)illuminatedcomputing(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_archivecleanup not deleting anything? |
| Date: | 2015-11-03 14:29:01 |
| Message-ID: | A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B50FCDE9D@ntex2010a.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Michael Paquier wrote:
>> So, as Albe posted pg_archivecleanup is only cleaning up the WAL files, not
>> the auxiliary files. The WAL files would be the ones with no extension and a
>> size of 16 MB(unless someone changed the compile settings).
>
> The docs mention that "all WAL files" preceding a given point are
> removed, personally I understand that as "all 16MB-size segments shall
> die", hence excluding backup and history files from the stack. But one
> may understand that "WAL files" means everything in pg_xlog, so as
> something that includes backup and history files. Perhaps we would
> gain in clarity by saying "WAL file segments, including .partial
> segments" in the docs, and not just "WAL files". Thoughts?
It might help to add:
"Timeline history files and backup history files are not deleted."
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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