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From Jim C. Nasby
Subject Re: WAL file naming convention
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Msg-id 20060328181110.GT75181@pervasive.com
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In response to Re: WAL file naming convention  ("Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com>)
Responses Re: WAL file naming convention  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 09:28:43AM -0800, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
> I was referring to the logs in the archive folder specified when WAL
> archiving is turned on...not the pg_xlog folder.
>
> I assume postgres will not use the logs in the archive folder

Correct. And I believe if you have PITR enabled PostgreSQL also won't
re-use WAL names, though I'm not positive on that one.
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