Re: Addendum to the FAQ

On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:20:02PM +0000, Bradley DeJong wrote:
> On 2018-09-29, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote ...
> > Answer:
> > Under no circumstances must files in the pg_xlog/ directory be removed, they
> are essential
> > for the database operation. The files in this directory store the transaction
> log, without
> > these files the database can't recover after a crash or shutdown.
> 
> Those sentences use a fairly sophisticated/complex sentence structure.
> As a simplified alternative, I suggest ...
> 
> Answer:
> Do not remove any files from the pg_xlog directory. They store the transaction
> log. Without
> the transaction log, the database can't recover after a crash or shutdown.

Now that the directory is named pg_wal in PG 10, we might not need this.

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