Re: pg_xlog

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On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 23:09 +0100, Albert Shih wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> How can I clean up the pg_xlog directory ? 
> 
> I've 710 go of those file. 
> 
> I've archive_mode on but not in the pg_xlog directory 
> I've something like 
> 
> archive_mode = on               # allows archiving to be done
> archive_command = 'cp -i %p /databases/Archives/WAL/%f </dev/null'
> 
> so can I just do
> 
> 	postgresql stop
> 	rm f pg_xlog/*

No.

> 	postgresql start
> 
> Regards.

I strongly suggest using something like walmgr or pitrtools to manage
this. Walmgr is part of skytools, pitrtools can be found here:

https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pitrtools

Joshua D. Drake


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