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From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: [PATCH] Teach pg_waldump to extract FPIs from the WAL
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Teach pg_waldump to extract FPIs from the WAL  (Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 04:18:18PM +0530, Bharath Rupireddy wrote:
> +1. I think this feature will also be useful in pg_walinspect.
> However, I'm a bit concerned that it can flood the running database
> disk - if someone generates a lot of FPI files.

pg_read_file() and pg_waldump can be fed absolute paths outside the
data folder.  So, well, just don't do that then :)
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Michael
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