Re: Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
Date: 2005-06-07 03:16:05
Message-ID: 25228.1118114165@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> When you do a pg_start_backup()/pg_stop_backup(), the *.backup files
> created in pg_xlog are never deleted. Is that intended?

Yes. See the documentation. DBAs can delete 'em if they feel like,
but I don't see a strong argument for automatically removing 'em.
They aren't actually large ...

regards, tom lane

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