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From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com>
To: Paul Förster <paul.foerster@gmail.com>
Cc: Yambu <hyambu@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Archive directory
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 07:11:38 -0700
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> On Dec 7, 2020, at 7:02 AM, Paul Förster <paul.foerster@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> in my understanding, this is only true if you don't use replication slots. If you use replication slots then the primary should know when a WAL file is no longer needed and abandoned or ready to be recycled.

I don't think OP is talking about the WAL files PG is managing; I think he's talking about WAL files copied into an archive directory.

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