Re: suppress empty archive_command warning message

Greetings,

Why would anyone want to set archive_mode on and empty archive_command?

Thanks,
Yogesh

> On 24-Apr-2021, at 1:08 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> * Bruce Momjian (bruce(at)momjian(dot)us) wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 08:48:39PM +0200, Pavel Tide wrote:
>>> Is there a way to suppress the WARNING that is thrown in PG logs if
>>> archive_mode is enabled but the archive command is empty? Maybe some
>>> configuration key which I have overlooked?
>>
>> Have you tried putting "/bin/true" in there, for non-Windows?
>
> Erm, that would cause all WAL to just be silently thrown away.. To have
> the same behavior as having it be unset, you'd set it to '/bin/false'.
>
> Of course, which you want depends, but generally you should be using a
> real archive command to archive your WAL, not throwing it away.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen