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From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
Cc: Colin Wilson <cwilson@blackducksoftware.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin\@postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Warm Standby looking for already applied log files
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:45:53 +0100
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> I don't suppose there's something which looks *into* a backup file
> and deletes all WAL files not needed to restore the related base
> backup?  That would eliminate an even *uglier* bash script here.

Well with some luck Magnus will be able to complete pg_basebackup in 9.1
so that it's able to include all necessary WAL files, and just them…

I could have missed it but I didn't read about any effort towards
shipping a base backup cleaning tool in 9.1, or even after that.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr     PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support



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