Can I delete all WAL logfiles if the database is shutdown without errors?

From: "Joost Kraaijeveld" <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl>
To: "Pgsql-Admin (E-mail)" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Can I delete all WAL logfiles if the database is shutdown without errors?
Date: 2006-03-07 12:54:58
Message-ID: A3D1526C98B7C1409A687E0943EAC4107DEB44@obelix.askesis.nl
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Hi,

Can I safely delete all the WAL log files in PGDATA/pg_xlog directory if the database has been shut down correctly, because I lowered the number of logfiles in postgresql.conf?

Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
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e-mail: J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl
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