On Apr 10, 2006, at 6:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Just Someone" <just.some@gmail.com> writes:
>> Is there a way to discover what is the real current WAL file?
>
> If you sort first by mtime and second by file name you should find the
> right one in all cases, ie, take the latest mtime among the
> properly-named files, breaking ties by taking the higher filename.
>
> It'd probably be better if we had a function to report this, but
> you can get along without one.
Seems like a natural candidate for a TODO item. I'm not familiar with
the relevant internals, but on the surface it seems like it might
even be a % item?
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