On Nov 28, 2016, at 10:20 PM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_ea...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Israel Brewster schrieb am 28.11.2016 um 23:50: >>> >>> pg_archivecleanup -n /mnt/server/archiverdir >>> 000000010000000000000010.00000020.backup >> >> Ok, but where does that "000000010000000000000010.00000020.backup" >> come from? I mean, I can tell it's a WAL segment file name (plus a >> backup label), but I don't have anything like that in my WAL >> archives, even though I've run pg_basebackup a couple of times. Do I >> have to call something to create that file? Some flag to >> pg_basebackup? At the moment I am running pg_basebackup such that it >> generates gziped tar files, if that makes a difference. > > The .backup file will be inside the tar file if I'm not mistaken
Oh, ok - thanks. I'll check on that. Although since I am generating gziped tar files, that's not the easiest thing in the world - I'll have to decompress the file first, then extract the .backup file. Still, worth looking into I suppose :-) ----------------------------------------------- Israel Brewster Systems Analyst II Ravn Alaska 5245 Airport Industrial Rd Fairbanks, AK 99709 (907) 450-7293 ----------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
