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From Bruce Momjian
Subject Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
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Msg-id 200506070228.j572SEM23631@candle.pha.pa.us
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When you do a pg_start_backup()/pg_stop_backup(), the *.backup files
created in pg_xlog are never deleted.  Is that intended?
$ lf /u/pg/data/pg_xlog/000000010000000000000000.0034C96C.backup
000000010000000000000004000000010000000000000000.0034C9AC.backup       000000010000000000000005000000010000000000000002
                      000000010000000000000006000000010000000000000003                        archive_status/
 

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