Re: restoring wal archive and pg_xlog dir - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Jeff Frost
Subject Re: restoring wal archive and pg_xlog dir
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.63.0506251424340.6351@discord.dyndns.org
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In response to Re: restoring wal archive and pg_xlog dir  (Jeff Frost <jeff@frostconsultingllc.com>)
Responses Re: restoring wal archive and pg_xlog dir
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Jeff Frost wrote:

> I guess I forgot to ask one other question.  If the archived wal files are
> streamed in one by one, would it still be safe to leave the pg_xlog directory
> intact in the base backup?  What would happen with the out of date log files?
> Would they just stay in place or would the postmaster eventually recycle them
> after the restore was complete?

And here's one other question..is it safe to ignore the: pgsql_tmp directories
when doing the base backup?

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