archive_timeout behavior for no activity - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject archive_timeout behavior for no activity
Date
Msg-id 201001141550.o0EFo7u22825@momjian.us
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Responses Re: archive_timeout behavior for no activity
Re: archive_timeout behavior for no activity
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Looking at the archive_timeout documentation and CheckArchiveTimeout(),
it appears we force a new xlog file and archive it even if no activity
has been recorded in the xlog file.  Is this correct?  Should we
document this or fix it so only xlog files with contents are archived?

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