On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:33 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > On 11/02/2015 08:17 AM, Paul Jungwirth wrote: >>> >>> Is there anything else beside *.backup files in the directory? >> >> >> There were a few *.history files, and a few files with no extension, >> like this: 00000006000000BE00000040. > > > So, as Albe posted pg_archivecleanup is only cleaning up the WAL files, not > the auxiliary files. The WAL files would be the ones with no extension and a > size of 16 MB(unless someone changed the compile settings).
The docs mention that "all WAL files" preceding a given point are removed, personally I understand that as "all 16MB-size segments shall die", hence excluding backup and history files from the stack. But one may understand that "WAL files" means everything in pg_xlog, so as something that includes backup and history files. Perhaps we would gain in clarity by saying "WAL file segments, including .partial segments" in the docs, and not just "WAL files". Thoughts? -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
