Re: backup and wal files

I haven't played with PITR, but I believe that if PostgreSQL doesn't get
the right return code from the archive_command it will keep the WAL
files around; maybe that's the problem.

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:57:38AM +0100, f(dot)guidi(at)libero(dot)it wrote:
> Hello to all ...
> I'm trying to install a backup system for my Postgresql 8.1.1 (on windows xp) using 3 wal files.
>
> So i change these parameters in postgresql.conf
> checkpoint_segments = 3
> archive_command = 'copy "%p" "D:/PostgreSQL/backup/%f"'
>
> I stop the database service and then restart it ...
>
> Before restart i have 1 wal now i have 1 wal file ...
>
> I start to generate data to populate wal files and postgres start to generate new wal files and copy them to the destination folder.
>
> The problem is that files number don't stop to increase, now i have 10 wal files in pg_xlog and 9 files in backup folder ...
> why the backup files don't be deleted ?
>
> thanks a lot in advance ...
>
> Fabio
>
>
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