Re: Command to prune archive at restartpoints

Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> writes:
> Also, should I try to send a patch implementing my proposal (internal
> command exposed as a function at the SQL level, and while at it, maybe
> the internal command "pg_archive_bypass" to mimic /usr/bin/true as an
> archive_command)?

I had to have a try at it, even if quick and dirty. I've not tried to
code the pg_archive_bypass internal command for lack of discussion, but
I still think it would be great to have it.

So here's a "see my idea in code" patch, that put the previous code by
Simon into a backend function. As the goal was not to adapt the existing
code intended as external to use the internal APIs, you'll find it quite
ugly I'm sure.

For example, this #define XLOG_DATA_FNAME_LEN has to go away, but that
won't help having the idea accepted or not, and as I'm only warming up,
I didn't tackle the problem. If you want me to do it, I'd appreciate
some guidance as how to, though.

It goes like this:

dim=# select pg_switch_xlog();
pg_switch_xlog
----------------
0/1000098
(1 row)

dim=# select pg_archive_cleanup('0/1000098');
DEBUG: removing "pg_xlog/000000010000000000000000"
DEBUG: removing "pg_xlog/000000010000000000000001"
pg_archive_cleanup
--------------------
t
(1 row)

I hope you too will find this way of interfacing is easier to deal with
for everybody (from code maintenance to user settings).

Regards,
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dim