| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_xlog -> pg_xjournal? |
| Date: | 2016-05-04 01:38:52 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqQN5X-eP4fP7sjf8zDmZ=czZM+k6peaihje+YhqUbqAdA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:29 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:46 PM, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> I just helped another person yesterday who deleted their pg_xlog.
>
> The biggest reason I've seen pg_xlog get deleted is not because it's
> called pg_xlog, but because it's located someplace other than under
> the data directory and referenced via a symlink. Renaming it might
> still make it less likely for people to get trigger happy, though.
FWIW, I have seen a couple of times the same pattern as Craig:
"because it contains log in its name implies that removing it causes
no harm".
--
Michael
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