Re: Old pg_xlog files - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Old pg_xlog files
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Msg-id 8B6E051F-41F2-4BA8-A0F3-89EFE0885BB7@khera.org
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In response to Old pg_xlog files  ("Tass Chapman" <tasseh.postgres@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Old pg_xlog files  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
List pgsql-general
On Mar 22, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Tass Chapman wrote:

> Checkpoints appear to be up to date (via pg_controldata), but the
> pg_xlog directory has 95 files, of which 90 are dated before
> midnight yesterday or earlier.
>
> Can I just delete them safely? Or is there some recovery method I
> can do?
>

no, do not delete them.  they will eventually be re-used.  check back
in a few days and see how old the various files are...



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