On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael Paquier wrote:
>>>> The docs mention that "all WAL files" preceding a given point are
>>>> removed, personally I understand that as "all 16MB-size segments shall
>>>> die", hence excluding backup and history files from the stack. But one
>>>> may understand that "WAL files" means everything in pg_xlog, so as
>>>> something that includes backup and history files. Perhaps we would
>>>> gain in clarity by saying "WAL file segments, including .partial
>>>> segments" in the docs, and not just "WAL files". Thoughts?
>>>
>>> It might help to add:
>>> "Timeline history files and backup history files are not deleted."
>>
>> Something among those lines?
>
>> + <para>
>> + WAL file segments and WAL file segments with <literal>.partial</literal>
>> + are deleted, while timeline history files and backup history files are not.
>> + </para>
>
> "WAL file segments with .partial" sounds strange.
> What about "WAL file segments (including partial ones) are deleted, while ..."?
Does that look better?
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Michael
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
index 60a7fc4..c375a88 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgarchivecleanup.sgml
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ pg_archivecleanup: removing file "archive/00000001000000370000000E"
<replaceable>archivelocation</> is a directory readable and writable by the
server-owning user.
</para>
+ <para>
+ WAL file segments (including partial ones) are deleted, while timeline
+ history files and backup history files are not.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
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