Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
Date: 2005-06-07 02:28:13
Message-ID: 200506070228.j572SEM23631@candle.pha.pa.us
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When you do a pg_start_backup()/pg_stop_backup(), the *.backup files
created in pg_xlog are never deleted. Is that intended?

$ lf /u/pg/data/pg_xlog/
000000010000000000000000.0034C96C.backup 000000010000000000000004
000000010000000000000000.0034C9AC.backup 000000010000000000000005
000000010000000000000002 000000010000000000000006
000000010000000000000003 archive_status/

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