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From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Old WAL files under pg_xlog not getting delete
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Msg-id CAKFQuwYdq2Pu-Bwmq-Up+suKyoD3hRdOKhOSU16oYAqHmPOAbg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Old WAL files under pg_xlog not getting delete  (rammohan ganapavarapu <rammohanganap@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Old WAL files under pg_xlog not getting delete  (Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 3:58 PM rammohan ganapavarapu
<rammohanganap@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to understand why postgresql not removing WAL logs under pg_xlog in 9.6, below are my settings
>
> wal_keep_segments=500
>
> pg_xlog/|wc -l
> 506

You told PostgreSQL to keep 500 files and it has (the number kept
apparently fluctuates a little bit).

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/wal-configuration.html

David J.

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