Re: recovery.conf and archive files

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: Rita <rmorgan466(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org >> PG-General Mailing List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: recovery.conf and archive files
Date: 2022-10-09 12:45:37
Message-ID: CAECtzeUwv5JCV9GqYTVa4avStUY6OwSxEv7hqXOr7=4BLRZuZw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

Le dim. 9 oct. 2022 à 13:54, Rita <rmorgan466(at)gmail(dot)com> a écrit :

> I have primary and standby replication setup.
>
> On my primary the archive directory is rather large (30GB) and growing. On
> my standby I have recovery.conf which has
> archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup -d
> /var/lib/pgsql/11/data/archive %r'
>
> I was under the impression this line would remove data from my primary AND
> standby. Is that not the case?
>
>
pg_archivecleanup will clean up the *local* directory. It won't clean up
the archive directory if it's stored on the primary.

If I misunderstood your issue, it would be great to send us the
postgresql.conf file from your primary.

--
Guillaume.

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