Re: WAL file naming convention

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: Sriram Dandapani <sdandapani(at)counterpane(dot)com>
Cc: Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WAL file naming convention
Date: 2006-03-28 18:11:10
Message-ID: 20060328181110.GT75181@pervasive.com
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:28:43AM -0800, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> I was referring to the logs in the archive folder specified when WAL
> archiving is turned on...not the pg_xlog folder.
>
> I assume postgres will not use the logs in the archive folder

Correct. And I believe if you have PITR enabled PostgreSQL also won't
re-use WAL names, though I'm not positive on that one.
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