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Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file
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Msg-id 14428.1243960881@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> err...I don't see *any* problem at all, since pg_standby does not do
> step (1) in the way you say and therefore never does step (5). Any links
> created are explicitly deleted in all cases at the end of recovery.

That's a good point; don't we recover files under names like
RECOVERYXLOG, not under names that could possibly conflict with regular
WAL files?
        regards, tom lane

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