Re: pg_archivecleanup not deleting anything?

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 ..."?

Yours,
Laurenz Albe