| 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> |
| Cc: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, 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: | 2015-11-04 10:16:22 |
| Message-ID: | A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B50FCE3A2@ntex2010a.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Michael Paquier wrote:
>>> 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."
>
> Something among those lines?
> + <para>
> + WAL file segments and WAL file segments with <literal>.partial</literal>
> + are deleted, while timeline history files and backup history files are not.
> + </para>
"WAL file segments with .partial" sounds strange.
What about "WAL file segments (including partial ones) are deleted, while ..."?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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