Re: pg_archivecleanup, and backup filename to specify as an argument

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While I'm implementing the patch around pg_archivecleanup, I found
> the following warning about pg_archivecleanup in the document.
>
> Note that the .backup file name passed to the program should not
> include the extension.
>
> ISTM that pg_archivecleanup works as expected even if the .backup file
> with the extension is specified as follows. So, isn't this warning already
> obsolete? Or I'm missing something?
>
> $ pg_archivecleanup -d -x .zip myarchive
> 000000010000000000000009.00000028.backup.zip
> pg_archivecleanup: keep WAL file "myarchive/000000010000000000000009" and later
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000005.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000003.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000001.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000007.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000006.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000004.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000002.zip"
> pg_archivecleanup: removing file "myarchive/000000010000000000000008.zip"

Even in 9.2 where -x option was added firstly, I confirmed that
I could pass the .backup file name including the extension to
pg_archivecleanup program. So I'm wondering if the warning in
question was incorrect from the beginning...
Or am I missing something?

In the past thread of -x option patch, I found the following
Robert comment. This makes me think that we unfortunately failed to
notice his comment and finally added the unnecessary warning into
the document.

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http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA+TgmoZDYD_W7K_S1ZuEnqVNOaRWYCX=EETX+R27VB7akrrcEQ@mail.gmail.com
Also, I'm wondering about this warning in the documentation:

+ extension added by the compression program. Note that the
+ <filename>.backup</> file name passed to the program should not
+ include the extension.

IIUC, the latest change you made makes that warning obsolete, no?

[rhaas pgsql]$ contrib/pg_archivecleanup/pg_archivecleanup -d -x .gz .
000000010000000000000010.00000020.backup.gz
pg_archivecleanup: keep WAL file "./000000010000000000000010" and later
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Regards,

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Fujii Masao