Andy Shellam wrote:
> Archive_command = "mv %p /your/backup/directory/%f"
Don't do this. Postgres itself will remove the file after the
archive_command has copied it elsewhere.
> Tip: if you're absolutely sure you will never need these transaction logs,
> you can use the following command to delete them when they're finished with:
>
> Archive_command = "rm -f %p"
Don't do this either. If you're not using PITR, just set a blank
archive_command and Postgres will delete the file as soon as it's not
needed anymore.
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