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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?
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Msg-id 25228.1118114165@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Should *.backup files ever be removed from pg_xlog?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> When you do a pg_start_backup()/pg_stop_backup(), the *.backup files
> created in pg_xlog are never deleted.  Is that intended?

Yes.  See the documentation.  DBAs can delete 'em if they feel like,
but I don't see a strong argument for automatically removing 'em.
They aren't actually large ...
        regards, tom lane

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