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From Joost Kraaijeveld
Subject Can I delete all WAL logfiles if the database is shutdown without errors?
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Msg-id A3D1526C98B7C1409A687E0943EAC4107DEB44@obelix.askesis.nl
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Responses Re: Can I delete all WAL logfiles if the database is shutdown without errors?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

Can I safely delete all the WAL log files in PGDATA/pg_xlog directory if the database has been shut down correctly,
becauseI lowered the number of logfiles in postgresql.conf? 

Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
Askesis B.V.
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